The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. To reproduce the conflict and resubmit, you may use the following commands: git fetch https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git/ linux-4.14.y git checkout FETCH_HEAD git cherry-pick -x 6b504d06976fe4a61cc05dedc68b84fadb397f77 # <resolve conflicts, build, test, etc.> git commit -s git send-email --to '<stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>' --in-reply-to '2023072105-poking-wasp-4610@gregkh' --subject-prefix 'PATCH 4.14.y' HEAD^.. Possible dependencies: 6b504d06976f ("scsi: qla2xxx: Avoid fcport pointer dereference") e0fb8ce2bb9e ("scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix potential stuck session in sa update") 31e6cdbe0eae ("scsi: qla2xxx: Implement ref count for SRB") d4523bd6fd5d ("scsi: qla2xxx: Refactor asynchronous command initialization") 2cabf10dbbe3 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Fix hang on NVMe command timeouts") e3d2612f583b ("scsi: qla2xxx: Fix use after free in debug code") 9efea843a906 ("scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Add detection of secure device") dd30706e73b7 ("scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Add key update") fac2807946c1 ("scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Add extraction of auth_els from the wire") 84318a9f01ce ("scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Add send, receive, and accept for auth_els") 7878f22a2e03 ("scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Add getfcinfo and statistic bsgs") 7ebb336e45ef ("scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Add start + stop bsgs") d94d8158e184 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Add heartbeat check") f7a0ed479e66 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash in PCIe error handling") 2ce35c0821af ("scsi: qla2xxx: Fix use after free in bsg") 5777fef788a5 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Consolidate zio threshold setting for both FCP & NVMe") 960204ecca5e ("scsi: qla2xxx: Simplify if statement") a04658594399 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Wait for ABTS response on I/O timeouts for NVMe") dbf1f53cfd23 ("scsi: qla2xxx: Implementation to get and manage host, target stats and initiator port") 707531bc2626 ("scsi: qla2xxx: If fcport is undergoing deletion complete I/O with retry") thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 6b504d06976fe4a61cc05dedc68b84fadb397f77 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nilesh Javali <njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2023 17:08:38 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] scsi: qla2xxx: Avoid fcport pointer dereference Klocwork reported warning of NULL pointer may be dereferenced. The routine exits when sa_ctl is NULL and fcport is allocated after the exit call thus causing NULL fcport pointer to dereference at the time of exit. To avoid fcport pointer dereference, exit the routine when sa_ctl is NULL. Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Nilesh Javali <njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230607113843.37185-4-njavali@xxxxxxxxxxx Reviewed-by: Himanshu Madhani <himanshu.madhani@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c index ec0e20255bd3..26e6b3e3af43 100644 --- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c +++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_edif.c @@ -2361,8 +2361,8 @@ qla24xx_issue_sa_replace_iocb(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, struct qla_work_evt *e) if (!sa_ctl) { ql_dbg(ql_dbg_edif, vha, 0x70e6, "sa_ctl allocation failed\n"); - rval = -ENOMEM; - goto done; + rval = -ENOMEM; + return rval; } fcport = sa_ctl->fcport;