linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.4 017/113] scsi: qla2xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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Date:   Thu, 27 Feb 2020 14:35:33 +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>,
        Ajay Kaher <akaher@...are.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.4 017/113] scsi: qla2xxx: fix a potential NULL pointer dereference

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

commit 35a79a63517981a8aea395497c548776347deda8 upstream.

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>
[Ajay: Rewrote this patch for v4.4.y, as 4.4.y codebase is different from mainline]
Signed-off-by: Ajay Kaher <akaher@...are.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c |   19 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c
@@ -429,6 +429,12 @@ static int qla25xx_setup_mode(struct scs
 		goto fail;
 	}
 	if (ql2xmultique_tag) {
+		ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
+		if (unlikely(!ha->wq)) {
+			ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x01e0,
+			    "Failed to alloc workqueue.\n");
+			goto fail;
+		}
 		/* create a request queue for IO */
 		options |= BIT_7;
 		req = qla25xx_create_req_que(ha, options, 0, 0, -1,
@@ -436,9 +442,8 @@ static int qla25xx_setup_mode(struct scs
 		if (!req) {
 			ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x00e0,
 			    "Failed to create request queue.\n");
-			goto fail;
+			goto fail2;
 		}
-		ha->wq = alloc_workqueue("qla2xxx_wq", WQ_MEM_RECLAIM, 1);
 		vha->req = ha->req_q_map[req];
 		options |= BIT_1;
 		for (ques = 1; ques < ha->max_rsp_queues; ques++) {
@@ -446,7 +451,7 @@ static int qla25xx_setup_mode(struct scs
 			if (!ret) {
 				ql_log(ql_log_warn, vha, 0x00e8,
 				    "Failed to create response queue.\n");
-				goto fail2;
+				goto fail3;
 			}
 		}
 		ha->flags.cpu_affinity_enabled = 1;
@@ -460,11 +465,13 @@ static int qla25xx_setup_mode(struct scs
 		    ha->max_rsp_queues, ha->max_req_queues);
 	}
 	return 0;
-fail2:
+
+fail3:
 	qla25xx_delete_queues(vha);
-	destroy_workqueue(ha->wq);
-	ha->wq = NULL;
 	vha->req = ha->req_q_map[0];
+fail2:
+        destroy_workqueue(ha->wq);
+        ha->wq = NULL;
 fail:
 	ha->mqenable = 0;
 	kfree(ha->req_q_map);