Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752167AbdGFKGj (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jul 2017 06:06:39 -0400 Received: from youngberry.canonical.com ([91.189.89.112]:49035 "EHLO youngberry.canonical.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751707AbdGFKGh (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Jul 2017 06:06:37 -0400 From: Colin King To: Alan Stern , Greg Kroah-Hartman , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net Cc: kernel-janitors@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: [PATCH] usb: storage: return on error to avoid a null pointer dereference Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2017 11:06:35 +0100 Message-Id: <20170706100635.16610-1-colin.king@canonical.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.11.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1138 Lines: 34 From: Colin Ian King When us->extra is null the driver is not initialized, however, a later call to osd200_scsi_to_ata is made that dereferences us->extra, causing a null pointer dereference. The code currently detects and reports that the driver is not initialized; add a return to avoid the subsequent dereference issue in this check. Detected by CoverityScan, CID#100308 ("Dereference after null check") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King --- drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c index fba4005dd737..174ad60679e7 100644 --- a/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c +++ b/drivers/usb/storage/isd200.c @@ -1529,8 +1529,10 @@ static void isd200_ata_command(struct scsi_cmnd *srb, struct us_data *us) /* Make sure driver was initialized */ - if (us->extra == NULL) + if (us->extra == NULL) { usb_stor_dbg(us, "ERROR Driver not initialized\n"); + return; + } scsi_set_resid(srb, 0); /* scsi_bufflen might change in protocol translation to ata */ -- 2.11.0