If the CHAP_A value is not supported, the chap_server_open() function should free the auth_protocol pointer and set it to NULL, or we will leave a dangling pointer around. [ 66.010905] Unsupported CHAP_A value [ 66.011660] Security negotiation failed. [ 66.012443] iSCSI Login negotiation failed. [ 68.413924] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI [ 68.414962] CPU: 0 PID: 1562 Comm: targetcli Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.18.0-80.el8.x86_64 #1 [ 68.416589] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 0.5.1 01/01/2011 [ 68.417677] RIP: 0010:__kmalloc_track_caller+0xc2/0x210 v2: use the chap_close() function and fix yet another dangling pointer Signed-off-by: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c index b6e4862cc242..51ddca2033e0 100644 --- a/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c +++ b/drivers/target/iscsi/iscsi_target_auth.c @@ -81,6 +81,12 @@ static int chap_check_algorithm(const char *a_str) return CHAP_DIGEST_UNKNOWN; } +static void chap_close(struct iscsi_conn *conn) +{ + kfree(conn->auth_protocol); + conn->auth_protocol = NULL; +} + static struct iscsi_chap *chap_server_open( struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_node_auth *auth, @@ -118,7 +124,7 @@ static struct iscsi_chap *chap_server_open( case CHAP_DIGEST_UNKNOWN: default: pr_err("Unsupported CHAP_A value\n"); - kfree(conn->auth_protocol); + chap_close(conn); return NULL; } @@ -133,19 +139,13 @@ static struct iscsi_chap *chap_server_open( * Generate Challenge. */ if (chap_gen_challenge(conn, 1, aic_str, aic_len) < 0) { - kfree(conn->auth_protocol); + chap_close(conn); return NULL; } return chap; } -static void chap_close(struct iscsi_conn *conn) -{ - kfree(conn->auth_protocol); - conn->auth_protocol = NULL; -} - static int chap_server_compute_md5( struct iscsi_conn *conn, struct iscsi_node_auth *auth, -- Maurizio Lombardi