From: Quinn Tran <quinn.tran@xxxxxxxxxx> Fix system crash due to NULL pointer access. qlt_plogi_ack_t and fc_port structures were not properly bound before calling qlt_plogi_ack_unref(). RIP: 0010:qlt_plogi_ack_unref+0xa1/0x150 [qla2xxx] Call Trace: qla24xx_create_new_sess+0xb1/0x320 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_do_work+0x123/0x260 [qla2xxx] qla2x00_iocb_work_fn+0x30/0x40 [qla2xxx] process_one_work+0x1f3/0x530 worker_thread+0x4e/0x480 kthread+0x10c/0x140 Fixes: 726b85487067d ("qla2xxx: Add framework for async fabric discovery") Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.10+ Signed-off-by: Quinn Tran <quinn.tran@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Giridhar Malavali <giridhar.malavali@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c index 2ec77b9f78b8..789030c9dd26 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_os.c @@ -4750,11 +4750,11 @@ void qla24xx_create_new_sess(struct scsi_qla_host *vha, struct qla_work_evt *e) } else { list_add_tail(&fcport->list, &vha->vp_fcports); - if (pla) { - qlt_plogi_ack_link(vha, pla, fcport, - QLT_PLOGI_LINK_SAME_WWN); - pla->ref_count--; - } + } + if (pla) { + qlt_plogi_ack_link(vha, pla, fcport, + QLT_PLOGI_LINK_SAME_WWN); + pla->ref_count--; } } spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vha->hw->tgt.sess_lock, flags); -- 2.12.0