--- /dev/null
+From f930c7043663188429cd9b254e9d761edfc101ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
+Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:11:26 +0200
+Subject: scsi: sg: only check for dxfer_len greater than 256M
+
+From: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
+
+commit f930c7043663188429cd9b254e9d761edfc101ce upstream.
+
+Don't make any assumptions on the sg_io_hdr_t::dxfer_direction or the
+sg_io_hdr_t::dxferp in order to determine if it is a valid request. The
+only way we can check for bad requests is by checking if the length
+exceeds 256M.
+
+Signed-off-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
+Fixes: 28676d869bbb (scsi: sg: check for valid direction before starting the
+request)
+Reported-by: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu>
+Tested-by: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu>
+Suggested-by: Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
+Cc: Doug Gilbert <dgilbert@interlog.com>
+Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
+Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
+Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
+
+
+---
+ drivers/scsi/sg.c | 25 +------------------------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 24 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
++++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+@@ -751,29 +751,6 @@ sg_new_write(Sg_fd *sfp, struct file *fi
+ return count;
+ }
+
+-static bool sg_is_valid_dxfer(sg_io_hdr_t *hp)
+-{
+- switch (hp->dxfer_direction) {
+- case SG_DXFER_NONE:
+- if (hp->dxferp || hp->dxfer_len > 0)
+- return false;
+- return true;
+- case SG_DXFER_TO_DEV:
+- case SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV:
+- case SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV:
+- if (!hp->dxferp || hp->dxfer_len == 0)
+- return false;
+- return true;
+- case SG_DXFER_UNKNOWN:
+- if ((!hp->dxferp && hp->dxfer_len) ||
+- (hp->dxferp && hp->dxfer_len == 0))
+- return false;
+- return true;
+- default:
+- return false;
+- }
+-}
+-
+ static int
+ sg_common_write(Sg_fd * sfp, Sg_request * srp,
+ unsigned char *cmnd, int timeout, int blocking)
+@@ -794,7 +771,7 @@ sg_common_write(Sg_fd * sfp, Sg_request
+ "sg_common_write: scsi opcode=0x%02x, cmd_size=%d\n",
+ (int) cmnd[0], (int) hp->cmd_len));
+
+- if (!sg_is_valid_dxfer(hp))
++ if (hp->dxfer_len >= SZ_256M)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ k = sg_start_req(srp, cmnd);