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libata: fix NULL sdev dereference race in atapi_qc_complete()
authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Mon, 1 Nov 2010 10:39:19 +0000 (11:39 +0100)
committerPaul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:15:46 +0000 (16:15 -0400)
commit 2a5f07b5ec098edc69e05fdd2f35d3fbb1235723 upstream.

SCSI commands may be issued between __scsi_add_device() and dev->sdev
assignment, so it's unsafe for ata_qc_complete() to dereference
dev->sdev->locked without checking whether it's NULL or not.  Fix it.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
drivers/ata/libata-scsi.c

index 0088cdeb0b1ee14e127a759650e087b59de6bb22..1d266e222a5cc8313a1174f5f1e7b95a91af34bb 100644 (file)
@@ -2548,8 +2548,11 @@ static void atapi_qc_complete(struct ata_queued_cmd *qc)
                 *
                 * If door lock fails, always clear sdev->locked to
                 * avoid this infinite loop.
+                *
+                * This may happen before SCSI scan is complete.  Make
+                * sure qc->dev->sdev isn't NULL before dereferencing.
                 */
-               if (qc->cdb[0] == ALLOW_MEDIUM_REMOVAL)
+               if (qc->cdb[0] == ALLOW_MEDIUM_REMOVAL && qc->dev->sdev)
                        qc->dev->sdev->locked = 0;
 
                qc->scsicmd->result = SAM_STAT_CHECK_CONDITION;