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SubjectRe: [PATCH -next] scsi: libfc: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference
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On 2/27/19 7:09 AM, YueHaibing wrote:
>
> Friendly ping:
>
> Who can review or take this, please?
>
> Thanks
>
> On 2019/1/30 18:11, YueHaibing wrote:
>> There is a potential NULL pointer dereference in case
>> fc_rport_create() fails and returns NULL.
>>
>> Fixes: 2580064b5ec6 ("scsi: libfc: Replace ->rport_create callback with function call")
>> Signed-off-by: YueHaibing <yuehaibing@huawei.com>
>> ---
>> drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c | 4 ++++
>> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c
>> index ff943f4..e2a3551 100644
>> --- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c
>> +++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c
>> @@ -250,6 +250,10 @@ static void fc_lport_ptp_setup(struct fc_lport *lport,
>> }
>> mutex_lock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex);
>> lport->ptp_rdata = fc_rport_create(lport, remote_fid);
>> + if (!lport->ptp_rdata) {
>> + mutex_unlock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex);
>> + return;
>> + }
>> kref_get(&lport->ptp_rdata->kref);
>> lport->ptp_rdata->ids.port_name = remote_wwpn;
>> lport->ptp_rdata->ids.node_name = remote_wwnn;
>>
>
I don't think this is correct.
While it's true that fc_rport_create() might fail, fc_lport_ptp_setup()
will still assumed to have worked by the caller.
So we should rather return an error code here from fc_lport_ptp_setup()
and ensure it's handled properly in the caller, too.

Cheers,

Hannes

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