linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scsi: qedf: potential dereference of null pointer

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Message-ID: <yq11r1m21z8.fsf@ca-mkp.ca.oracle.com>
Date:   Wed, 05 Jan 2022 00:20:02 -0500
From:   "Martin K. Petersen" <martin.petersen@...cle.com>
To:     Jiasheng Jiang <jiasheng@...as.ac.cn>
Cc:     skashyap@...vell.com, jhasan@...vell.com,
        GR-QLogic-Storage-Upstream@...vell.com, jejb@...ux.ibm.com,
        martin.petersen@...cle.com, linux@...linux.org.uk,
        linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scsi: qedf: potential dereference of null pointer


Jiasheng,

> The return value of dma_alloc_coherent() needs to be checked.
> To avoid use of null pointer in case of the failure of alloc.

Applied to 5.17/scsi-staging, thanks!

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Martin K. Petersen	Oracle Linux Engineering