On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 01:21:20AM +0800, Zhou Qingyang wrote: > In mpt3sas_transport_port_add(), sas_end_device_alloc() is assigned to rphy > and there is a dereference of it. sas_end_device_alloc() could return NULL > on failure of allocation, which could introduce a NULL pointer dereference > bug. > > The same as sas_expander_alloc(). > > Fix this bug by adding a NULL check of rphy. > > This bug was found by a static analyzer. > > Builds with 'make allyesconfig' show no new warnings, > and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code. > > Fixes: f92363d12359 ("mpt3sas: add new driver supporting 12GB SAS") > Signed-off-by: Zhou Qingyang <zhou1615@xxxxxxx> > --- > 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. > > drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c | 5 +++++ > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c > index 0681daee6c14..1caa929cf8bc 100644 > --- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c > +++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_transport.c > @@ -823,6 +823,11 @@ mpt3sas_transport_port_add(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, u16 handle, > hba_port->sas_address = > mpt3sas_port->remote_identify.sas_address; > } > + if (!rphy) { > + ioc_err(ioc, "failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n", > + __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__); > + goto out_fail; > + } > > rphy->identify = mpt3sas_port->remote_identify; > > -- > 2.25.1 > As stated before, umn.edu is still not allowed to contribute to the Linux kernel. Please work with your administration to resolve this issue.