linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: be2iscsi: Reset the address passed in beiscsi_iface_create

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Message-ID: <YH6AOlbWdyCdVKvq@kroah.com>
Date:   Tue, 20 Apr 2021 09:18:18 +0200
From:   Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Aditya Pakki <pakki001@....edu>
Cc:     Subbu Seetharaman <subbu.seetharaman@...adcom.com>,
        Ketan Mukadam <ketan.mukadam@...adcom.com>,
        Jitendra Bhivare <jitendra.bhivare@...adcom.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: Re: [PATCH] scsi: be2iscsi: Reset the address passed in
 beiscsi_iface_create_default

On Tue, Apr 06, 2021 at 07:24:45PM -0500, Aditya Pakki wrote:
> if_info is a local variable that is passed to beiscsi_if_get_info. In
> case of failure, the variable is free'd but not reset to NULL. The patch
> avoids security issue by passing NULL to if_info.

That is just not true at all.

Stop submitting patches that you know are invalid.  Your experiment is
not ethical, and not welcome or appreciated.

greg k-h