[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);