[PATCH v11 03/11] scsi: ibmvfc: fix potential NULL pointer dereference on failed queue allocation
From: Tyrel Datwyler
Date: Fri Sep 25 2026 - 00:50:09 EST
Guard the memset() in ibmvfc_deregister_channel() behind a check of
scrq->msgs.handle to prevent a NULL dereference when the function is
called on a queue that was never allocated, such as async_sub_crq when
multi-queue is disabled or initialization failed before
ibmvfc_alloc_queue() was reached.
Signed-off-by: Dave Marquardt <davemarq@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tyrel Datwyler <tyreld@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c | 6 ++++--
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
index 17c49a0ed4f4..ef76f8c194eb 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ibmvscsi/ibmvfc-core.c
@@ -6481,8 +6481,10 @@ static void ibmvfc_deregister_channel(struct ibmvfc_host *vhost,
dev_err(dev, "Failed to free sub-crq[%d]: rc=%ld\n", index, rc);
/* Clean out the queue */
- memset(scrq->msgs.crq, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
- scrq->cur = 0;
+ if (scrq->msgs.handle) {
+ memset(scrq->msgs.crq, 0, PAGE_SIZE);
+ scrq->cur = 0;
+ }
LEAVE;
}
--
2.55.0