[PATCH] scsi: ips: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ips_release()
From: Yang Zi
Date: Tue Aug 25 2026 - 05:29:20 EST
When ips_insert_device() fails before calling pci_set_drvdata(), the
PCI device's drvdata is NULL. The .remove callback ips_remove_device()
then calls ips_release(NULL), which immediately calls
scsi_remove_host(NULL). That dereferences shost->scan_mutex at a fixed
offset of the NULL pointer, triggering a NULL pointer dereference.
KASAN report:
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 [inline]
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __mutex_lock+0x8b/0x1010 kernel/locking/mutex.c:820
Read of size 8 at addr 00000000000000d0 by task syz.0.671/5574
__mutex_lock+0x8b/0x1010 kernel/locking/mutex.c:820
scsi_remove_host+0x24/0x300 drivers/scsi/hosts.c:169
ips_release drivers/scsi/ips.c:654 [inline] [ips]
ips_remove_device+0x155/0x2840 drivers/scsi/ips.c:6701 [ips]
Make ips_release() handle a NULL Scsi_Host by returning early, so the
remove path is safe when probe never established drvdata.
Signed-off-by: Yang Zi <2959243019@xxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/ips.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ips.c b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
index 41ed73966a48..39568a7effb3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ips.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ static void ips_release(struct Scsi_Host *sh)
ips_ha_t *ha;
int i;
+ if (!sh)
+ return;
+
METHOD_TRACE("ips_release", 1);
scsi_remove_host(sh);