linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.19 15/79] scsi: qla2xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Fri,  8 Nov 2019 19:49:55 +0100
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>,
        Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.com>,
        Himanshu Madhani <hmadhani@...vell.com>,
        "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.19 15/79] scsi: qla2xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

From: Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>

[ Upstream commit 35a79a63517981a8aea395497c548776347deda8 ]

alloc_workqueue is not checked for errors and as a result a potential
NULL dereference could occur.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1568824618-4366-1-git-send-email-allen.pais@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Allen Pais <allen.pais@...cle.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Wilck <mwilck@...e.com>
Acked-by: Himanshu Madhani <hmadhani@...vell.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
index 60b6019a2fcae..856a7ceb9a041 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -3186,6 +3186,10 @@ qla2x00_probe_one(struct pci_dev *pdev, const struct pci_device_id *id)
 	    req->req_q_in, req->req_q_out, rsp->rsp_q_in, rsp->rsp_q_out);
 
 	ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", 0, 0);
+	if (unlikely(!ha->wq)) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		goto probe_failed;
+	}
 
 	if (ha->isp_ops->initialize_adapter(base_vha)) {
 		ql_log(ql_log_fatal, base_vha, 0x00d6,
-- 
2.20.1