In __qedf_probe, if `qedf->cdev` is NULL which means qed_ops->common->probe() failed, then the program will goto label err1, scsi_host_put() will free `lport->host` pointer. Because the memory `qedf` points to is allocated by libfc_host_alloc(), it will be freed by scsi_host_put(). However, the if statement below label err0 only checks whether qedf is NULL but doesn't check whether the memory has been freed. So a UAF bug occurred. There are two ways to get to the statements below err0. the first one is described as before. `qedf` should be set to NULL. The second way is goto `err0` directly. In this way `qedf` hasn't been changed and it has the initial value `NULL`. So the program wont't go to the if statement in any situation. The KASAN logs are as follows: [ 2.312969] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __qedf_probe+0x5dcf/0x6bc0 [ 2.312969] [ 2.312969] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 2.312969] Call Trace: [ 2.312969] dump_stack_lvl+0x59/0x7b [ 2.312969] print_address_description+0x7c/0x3b0 [ 2.312969] ? __qedf_probe+0x5dcf/0x6bc0 [ 2.312969] __kasan_report+0x160/0x1c0 [ 2.312969] ? __qedf_probe+0x5dcf/0x6bc0 [ 2.312969] kasan_report+0x4b/0x70 [ 2.312969] ? kobject_put+0x25d/0x290 [ 2.312969] kasan_check_range+0x2ca/0x310 [ 2.312969] __qedf_probe+0x5dcf/0x6bc0 [ 2.312969] ? selinux_kernfs_init_security+0xdc/0x5f0 [ 2.312969] ? trace_rpm_return_int_rcuidle+0x18/0x120 [ 2.312969] ? rpm_resume+0xa5c/0x16e0 [ 2.312969] ? qedf_get_generic_tlv_data+0x160/0x160 [ 2.312969] local_pci_probe+0x13c/0x1f0 [ 2.312969] pci_device_probe+0x37e/0x6c0 Reported-by: Zheyu Ma <zheyuma97@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Letu Ren <fantasquex@xxxxxxxxx> Co-developed-by: Wende Tan <twd2.me@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Wende Tan <twd2.me@xxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c | 5 ----- 1 file changed, 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c index 42d0d941dba5..3ea552acd82a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qedf/qedf_main.c @@ -3683,11 +3683,6 @@ static int __qedf_probe(struct pci_dev *pdev, int mode) err1: scsi_host_put(lport->host); err0: - if (qedf) { - QEDF_INFO(&qedf->dbg_ctx, QEDF_LOG_DISC, "Probe done.\n"); - - clear_bit(QEDF_PROBING, &qedf->flags); - } return rc; } -- 2.33.1