Fix an error path in SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND that calls blk_put_request(rq) on an invalid IS_ERR(rq) pointer. Fixes: a492f075450f ("block,scsi: fixup blk_get_request dead queue scenarios") Signed-off-by: Tony Battersby <tonyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- For inclusion in 3.18 only. This does not conflict with the other recent fix to sg_scsi_ioctl() from Jan Kara. --- a/block/scsi_ioctl.c +++ b/block/scsi_ioctl.c @@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ int sg_scsi_ioctl(struct request_queue *q, struct gendisk *disk, fmode_t mode, rq = blk_get_request(q, in_len ? WRITE : READ, __GFP_WAIT); if (IS_ERR(rq)) { err = PTR_ERR(rq); - goto error; + goto error_free_buffer; } blk_rq_set_block_pc(rq); @@ -532,9 +532,11 @@ out: } error: + blk_put_request(rq); + +error_free_buffer: kfree(buffer); - if (rq) - blk_put_request(rq); + return err; } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sg_scsi_ioctl); -- 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