pnvme_lport is being dereferenced before it is null checked, hence there is a potential null pointer dereference. Fix this by null checking pnvme_lport before it is dereferenced. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1423709 ("Dereference before null check") Fixes: b7672ae681f8 ("scsi: lpfc: Fix crash in lpfc_nvme_fcp_io_submit during LIP") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Also, I wonder if the right pointer to check at line: if (!pnvme_rport || !freqpriv) { is pnvme_fcreq instead of freqpriv drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c index 517ae57..68cba7d 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/lpfc/lpfc_nvme.c @@ -1251,6 +1251,11 @@ lpfc_nvme_fcp_io_submit(struct nvme_fc_local_port *pnvme_lport, uint64_t start = 0; #endif + if (!pnvme_lport) { + ret = -ENODEV; + goto out_fail; + } + lport = (struct lpfc_nvme_lport *)pnvme_lport->private; vport = lport->vport; phba = vport->phba; @@ -1261,7 +1266,7 @@ lpfc_nvme_fcp_io_submit(struct nvme_fc_local_port *pnvme_lport, } /* Validate pointers. */ - if (!pnvme_lport || !pnvme_rport || !freqpriv) { + if (!pnvme_rport || !freqpriv) { lpfc_printf_vlog(vport, KERN_INFO, LOG_NVME_IOERR | LOG_NODE, "6117 No Send:IO submit ptrs NULL, lport %p, " "rport %p fcreq_priv %p\n", -- 2.7.4