KERNEL_VERSION: 2.6.32 SUBJECT: null dereference in function mptscsih_qcmd DESCRIBE: In ./drivers/ata/sata_mv.c in function mptscsih_qcmd Null dereference in line 1371 of vdevice (vdevice->vtarget->id). We assume that it may be null, because we check it in line 1361 in the if statement. (if vdevice is null we goto to the else part in line 1366) 1300 int 1301 mptscsih_qcmd(struct scsi_cmnd *SCpnt, void (*done)(struct scsi_cmnd *)) 1302 { ... 1361 if (vdevice 1362 && (vdevice->vtarget->tflags & MPT_TARGET_FLAGS_Q_YES) 1363 && (SCpnt->device->tagged_supported)) { 1364 scsictl = scsidir | MPI_SCSIIO_CONTROL_SIMPLEQ; 1365 } else { 1366 scsictl = scsidir | MPI_SCSIIO_CONTROL_UNTAGGED; 1367 } 1368 1369 /* Use the above information to set up the message frame 1370 */ 1371 pScsiReq->TargetID = (u8) vdevice->vtarget->id; 1372 pScsiReq->Bus = vdevice->vtarget->channel; ... } Found by Linux Device Drivers Verification Project (Svace Detector) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html