From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: minwoo.im.dev@gmail.com (Minwoo Im) Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 03:03:00 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] nvme-pci: fix NULL pointer dereference in nvme_free_host_mem() Message-ID: <1511546580-3165-1-git-send-email-minwoo.im.dev@gmail.com> Following condition which will cause NULL pointer dereference will occur in nvme_free_host_mem() when it tries to remove pci device via nvme_remove() especially after a failure of host memory allocation for HMB. "(host_mem_descs == NULL) && (nr_host_mem_descs != 0)" It's because __nr_host_mem_descs__ is not cleared to 0 unlike __host_mem_descs__ is so. Signed-off-by: Minwoo Im --- drivers/nvme/host/pci.c | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c index 6173747..f5800c3 100644 --- a/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c +++ b/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c @@ -1759,6 +1759,7 @@ static void nvme_free_host_mem(struct nvme_dev *dev) dev->nr_host_mem_descs * sizeof(*dev->host_mem_descs), dev->host_mem_descs, dev->host_mem_descs_dma); dev->host_mem_descs = NULL; + dev->nr_host_mem_descs = 0; } static int __nvme_alloc_host_mem(struct nvme_dev *dev, u64 preferred, -- 2.7.4