From: Stratos Psomadakis <psomas@xxxxxxxxxx> sym53c8xx_slave_destroy unconditionally assumes that sym53c8xx_slave_alloc has succesesfully allocated a sym_lcb. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference (exposed by commit 4e6c82b). Signed-off-by: Stratos Psomadakis <psomas@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c | 4 ++++ 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c index b4543f5..76432f8 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/sym53c8xx_2/sym_glue.c @@ -839,6 +839,10 @@ static void sym53c8xx_slave_destroy(struct scsi_device *sdev) struct sym_lcb *lp = sym_lp(tp, sdev->lun); unsigned long flags; + /* if slave_alloc returned before allocating a sym_lcb, return */ + if (!lp) + return; + spin_lock_irqsave(np->s.host->host_lock, flags); if (lp->busy_itlq || lp->busy_itl) { -- 1.7.8.rc1 -- 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