From: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> When security_ib_alloc_security fails, qp->qp_sec memory is freed. However ib_destroy_qp still tries to access this memory which result in kernel crash. So its initialized to NULL to avoid such access. Fixes: d291f1a65232 ("IB/core: Enforce PKey security on QPs") Signed-off-by: Parav Pandit <parav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Daniel Jurgens <danielj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Leon Romanovsky <leon@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/infiniband/core/security.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c b/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c index 70ad19c4c73e..88bdafb297f5 100644 --- a/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c +++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/security.c @@ -432,8 +432,10 @@ int ib_create_qp_security(struct ib_qp *qp, struct ib_device *dev) atomic_set(&qp->qp_sec->error_list_count, 0); init_completion(&qp->qp_sec->error_complete); ret = security_ib_alloc_security(&qp->qp_sec->security); - if (ret) + if (ret) { kfree(qp->qp_sec); + qp->qp_sec = NULL; + } return ret; } -- 2.14.1 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-rdma" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html