In fc_lport_ptp_setup(), fc_rport_create() is assigned to lport->ptp_rdata and there is a dereference of in fc_lport_ptp_setup(), which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference on failure of fc_rport_create(). Fix this bug by adding a check of fc_rport_create(). This bug was found by a static analyzer. The analysis employs differential checking to identify inconsistent security operations (e.g., checks or kfrees) between two code paths and confirms that the inconsistent operations are not recovered in the current function or the callers, so they constitute bugs. Note that, as a bug found by static analysis, it can be a false positive or hard to trigger. Multiple researchers have cross-reviewed the bug. Builds with CONFIG_LIBFC=m show no new warnings, and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code. Fixes: 2580064b5ec6 ("scsi: libfc: Replace ->rport_create callback with function call") Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c index 19cd4a95d354..5cd716afb711 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/libfc/fc_lport.c @@ -241,6 +241,13 @@ static void fc_lport_ptp_setup(struct fc_lport *lport, } mutex_lock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex); lport->ptp_rdata = fc_rport_create(lport, remote_fid); + if (!lport->ptp_rdata) { + mutex_unlock(&lport->disc.disc_mutex); + printk(KERN_WARNING "libfc: Failed to allocate for the port (%6.6x)\n", + remote_fid); + return; + } + kref_get(&lport->ptp_rdata->kref); lport->ptp_rdata->ids.port_name = remote_wwpn; lport->ptp_rdata->ids.node_name = remote_wwnn; -- 2.25.1