There is no check about the return value of kmalloc in virtscsi_rescan_hotunplug. Add the check to avoid use of null pointer 'inq_result' in case of the failure of kmalloc. Signed-off-by: Zheng Wang <zyytlz.wz@xxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c index d07d24c06b54..f198e281b1d3 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/virtio_scsi.c @@ -330,13 +330,16 @@ static void virtscsi_handle_param_change(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi, scsi_device_put(sdev); } -static void virtscsi_rescan_hotunplug(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi) +static int virtscsi_rescan_hotunplug(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi) { struct scsi_device *sdev; struct Scsi_Host *shost = virtio_scsi_host(vscsi->vdev); unsigned char scsi_cmd[MAX_COMMAND_SIZE]; int result, inquiry_len, inq_result_len = 256; char *inq_result = kmalloc(inq_result_len, GFP_KERNEL); + + if (!inq_result) + return -ENOMEM; shost_for_each_device(sdev, shost) { inquiry_len = sdev->inquiry_len ? sdev->inquiry_len : 36; @@ -366,6 +369,7 @@ static void virtscsi_rescan_hotunplug(struct virtio_scsi *vscsi) } kfree(inq_result); + return 0; } static void virtscsi_handle_event(struct work_struct *work) @@ -374,12 +378,15 @@ static void virtscsi_handle_event(struct work_struct *work) container_of(work, struct virtio_scsi_event_node, work); struct virtio_scsi *vscsi = event_node->vscsi; struct virtio_scsi_event *event = &event_node->event; + int ret = 0; if (event->event & cpu_to_virtio32(vscsi->vdev, VIRTIO_SCSI_T_EVENTS_MISSED)) { event->event &= ~cpu_to_virtio32(vscsi->vdev, VIRTIO_SCSI_T_EVENTS_MISSED); - virtscsi_rescan_hotunplug(vscsi); + ret = virtscsi_rescan_hotunplug(vscsi); + if (ret) + return; scsi_scan_host(virtio_scsi_host(vscsi->vdev)); } -- 2.25.1