Re: [PATCH v2] scsi: hisi_sas: Fix NULL pointer dereference

From: Gustavo A. R. Silva
Date: Sat Oct 20 2018 - 02:35:11 EST




On 10/20/18 12:28 AM, Martin K. Petersen wrote:
>
> Gustavo,
>
>> There is a NULL pointer dereference in case *slot* happens to
>> be NULL at lines 1053 and 1878:
>>
>> struct hisi_sas_cq *cq =
>> &hisi_hba->cq[slot->dlvry_queue];
>>
>> Notice that *slot* is being NULL checked at lines 1057 and 1881:
>> if (slot), which implies it may be NULL.
>>
>> Fix this by placing the declaration and definition of variable cq,
>> which contains the pointer dereference slot->dlvry_queue, after
>> slot has been properly NULL checked.
>
> Applied to 4.20/scsi-queue, thanks!
>

Glad to help. :)

Thanks
--
Gustavo