linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: pmcraid: Fix memory allocation in 'pmcraid_alloc

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Date:   Tue, 06 Oct 2020 23:04:41 -0400
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     bvanassche@....org
Cc:     Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@...adoo.fr>,
        jejb@...ux.ibm.com, martin.petersen@...cle.com, jthumshirn@...e.de,
        hare@...e.com, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: pmcraid: Fix memory allocation in
 'pmcraid_alloc_sglist()'


> When the scatter list is allocated in 'pmcraid_alloc_sglist()', the
> corresponding pointer should be stored in 'scatterlist' within the
> 'pmcraid_sglist' structure. Otherwise, 'scatterlist' is NULL.
>
> This leads to a potential memory leak and NULL pointer dereference.

> Fixes: ed4414cef2ad ("scsi: pmcraid: Use sgl_alloc_order() and sgl_free_order()")

This does indeed look odd. Bart?

-- 
Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering