The scsi_get_command() function returns NULL if it fails to allocate the scsi_cmnd structure. If this happens, a NULL pointer will be dereferenced. Signed-off-by: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c index 78b004d..4021849 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c @@ -2289,6 +2289,9 @@ scsi_reset_provider(struct scsi_device *dev, int flag) return FAILED; scmd = scsi_get_command(dev, GFP_KERNEL); + if (!scmd) + return FAILED; + blk_rq_init(NULL, &req); scmd->request = &req; -- Maurizio Lombardi -- 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