adpt_i2o_delete_hba() calls kfree() so we have to save "pHba->next" before calling it. Also inside adpt_i2o_delete_hba() itself, there was another use after free bug which I fixed by moving the kfree() down a line. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c index 4967643..0435d04 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/dpt_i2o.c @@ -188,7 +188,8 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci,dptids); static int adpt_detect(struct scsi_host_template* sht) { struct pci_dev *pDev = NULL; - adpt_hba* pHba; + adpt_hba *pHba; + adpt_hba *next; PINFO("Detecting Adaptec I2O RAID controllers...\n"); @@ -206,7 +207,8 @@ static int adpt_detect(struct scsi_host_template* sht) } /* In INIT state, Activate IOPs */ - for (pHba = hba_chain; pHba; pHba = pHba->next) { + for (pHba = hba_chain; pHba; pHba = next) { + next = pHba->next; // Activate does get status , init outbound, and get hrt if (adpt_i2o_activate_hba(pHba) < 0) { adpt_i2o_delete_hba(pHba); @@ -243,7 +245,8 @@ rebuild_sys_tab: PDEBUG("HBA's in OPERATIONAL state\n"); printk("dpti: If you have a lot of devices this could take a few minutes.\n"); - for (pHba = hba_chain; pHba; pHba = pHba->next) { + for (pHba = hba_chain; pHba; pHba = next) { + next = pHba->next; printk(KERN_INFO"%s: Reading the hardware resource table.\n", pHba->name); if (adpt_i2o_lct_get(pHba) < 0){ adpt_i2o_delete_hba(pHba); @@ -263,7 +266,8 @@ rebuild_sys_tab: adpt_sysfs_class = NULL; } - for (pHba = hba_chain; pHba; pHba = pHba->next) { + for (pHba = hba_chain; pHba; pHba = next) { + next = pHba->next; if (adpt_scsi_host_alloc(pHba, sht) < 0){ adpt_i2o_delete_hba(pHba); continue; @@ -1229,11 +1233,10 @@ static void adpt_i2o_delete_hba(adpt_hba* pHba) } } pci_dev_put(pHba->pDev); - kfree(pHba); - if (adpt_sysfs_class) device_destroy(adpt_sysfs_class, MKDEV(DPTI_I2O_MAJOR, pHba->unit)); + kfree(pHba); if(hba_count <= 0){ unregister_chrdev(DPTI_I2O_MAJOR, DPT_DRIVER); -- 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