linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] scsi: qla4xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Mon, 25 Mar 2019 06:18:30 +0000
From:   Manish Rangankar <mrangankar@...vell.com>
To:     Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
CC:     "pakki001@....edu" <pakki001@....edu>,
        "QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...gic.com" 
        <QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...gic.com>,
        "James E.J. Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        "linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org" <linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] scsi: qla4xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-scsi-owner@...r.kernel.org <linux-scsi-
> owner@...r.kernel.org> On Behalf Of Kangjie Lu
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2019 12:01 PM
> To: kjlu@....edu
> Cc: pakki001@....edu; QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...gic.com; James E.J.
> Bottomley <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>; Martin K. Petersen
> <martin.petersen@...cle.com>; linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org; linux-
> kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH] scsi: qla4xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference
> 
> In case iscsi_lookup_endpoint fails, the fix returns -EINVAL to avoid NULL
> pointer dereference.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kangjie Lu <kjlu@....edu>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
> index a77bfb224248..80289c885c07 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla4xxx/ql4_os.c
> @@ -3203,6 +3203,8 @@ static int qla4xxx_conn_bind(struct
> iscsi_cls_session *cls_session,
>  	if (iscsi_conn_bind(cls_session, cls_conn, is_leading))
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	ep = iscsi_lookup_endpoint(transport_fd);
> +	if (!ep)
> +		return -EINVAL;
>  	conn = cls_conn->dd_data;
>  	qla_conn = conn->dd_data;
>  	qla_conn->qla_ep = ep->dd_data;
> --
> 2.17.1

Thanks
Acked-by: Manish Rangankar <mrangankar@...vell.com>