Re: [PATCH] scsi: target: tcm_loop: fix segfault in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show()

From: Chaitanya Kulkarni

Date: Thu Nov 06 2025 - 01:41:03 EST


On 11/5/25 11:25, Hamza Mahfooz wrote:
> If the allocation of tl_hba->sh fails in tcm_loop_driver_probe() and we
> attempt to dereference it in tcm_loop_tpg_address_show() we will get a
> segfault, see below for an example. So, check tl_hba->sh before
> dereferencing it.
>
> Unable to allocate struct scsi_host
> BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000194
> #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
> #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
> PGD 0 P4D 0
> Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
> CPU: 1 PID: 8356 Comm: tokio-runtime-w Not tainted 6.6.104.2-4.azl3 #1
> Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 09/28/2024
> RIP: 0010:tcm_loop_tpg_address_show+0x2e/0x50 [tcm_loop]
> ...
> Call Trace:
> <TASK>
> configfs_read_iter+0x12d/0x1d0 [configfs]
> vfs_read+0x1b5/0x300
> ksys_read+0x6f/0xf0
> ...
>
> Cc:stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: 2628b352c3d4 ("tcm_loop: Show address of tpg in configfs")
> Signed-off-by: Hamza Mahfooz<hamzamahfooz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---


indeed :-

 313 static int tcm_loop_driver_probe(struct device *dev)
 314 {
 315         struct tcm_loop_hba *tl_hba;
 316         struct Scsi_Host *sh;
 317         int error, host_prot;
 318
 319         tl_hba = to_tcm_loop_hba(dev);
 320
 321         sh = scsi_host_alloc(&tcm_loop_driver_template,
 322                         sizeof(struct tcm_loop_hba));
 323         if (!sh) {
 324                 pr_err("Unable to allocate struct scsi_host\n");
 325                 return -ENODEV;
 326         }
 327         tl_hba->sh = sh;


Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Chaitanya Kulkarni <kch@xxxxxxxxxx>

-ck