linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: core: initialize cmd->cmnd before it is used

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Date:   Mon, 1 Nov 2021 13:13:44 -0700
From:   Tadeusz Struk <tadeusz.struk@...aro.org>
To:     Bart Van Assche <bvanassche@....org>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        "James E . J . Bottomley" <jejb@...ux.ibm.com>,
        "Martin K . Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        syzbot+5516b30f5401d4dcbcae@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: core: initialize cmd->cmnd before it is used

On 11/1/21 13:06, Bart Van Assche wrote:
> This patch is a duplicate and has been posted before.
> 
> Please take a look at 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-scsi/20210904064534.1919476-1-qiulaibin@huawei.com/.
>  From the replies to that email:
> "> Thinking further about this: is there any code left that depends on
>  > scsi_setup_scsi_cmnd() setting cmd->cmd_len? Can the cmd->cmd_len
>  > assignment be removed from scsi_setup_scsi_cmnd()?
> 
> cmd_len should never be 0 now, so I think we can remove it."

Thanks for quick response, but I'm not sure if statement
"cmd_len should never be 0 now" is correct, because the cmd_len is
in fact equal to 0 here and this BUG can be triggered on mainline, 5.14,
and 5.10 stable kernels.

-- 
Thanks,
Tadeusz