When scsi_init_io fails we have to release our device reference, but we do this trying to reference the just freed command. Add a local scsi_device pointer to fix this. Reported-by: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c index 65a123d..54eff6a 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_lib.c @@ -1044,6 +1044,7 @@ static int scsi_init_sgtable(struct request *req, struct scsi_data_buffer *sdb, */ int scsi_init_io(struct scsi_cmnd *cmd, gfp_t gfp_mask) { + struct scsi_device *sdev = cmd->device; struct request *rq = cmd->request; int error = scsi_init_sgtable(rq, &cmd->sdb, gfp_mask); @@ -1091,7 +1092,7 @@ err_exit: scsi_release_buffers(cmd); cmd->request->special = NULL; scsi_put_command(cmd); - put_device(&cmd->device->sdev_gendev); + put_device(&sdev->sdev_gendev); return error; } EXPORT_SYMBOL(scsi_init_io); -- 1.7.10.4 -- 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