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* [PATCH] scsi: ips: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ips_release()
@ 2026-08-25  9:25 Yang Zi
  2026-08-25 10:44 ` John Garry
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Yang Zi @ 2026-08-25  9:25 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: aacraid, James.Bottomley, martin.petersen, linux-scsi; +Cc: linux-kernel

When ips_insert_device() fails before calling pci_set_drvdata(), the
PCI device's drvdata is NULL.  The .remove callback ips_remove_device()
then calls ips_release(NULL), which immediately calls
scsi_remove_host(NULL).  That dereferences shost->scan_mutex at a fixed
offset of the NULL pointer, triggering a NULL pointer dereference.

KASAN report:

    BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 [inline]
    BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __mutex_lock+0x8b/0x1010 kernel/locking/mutex.c:820
    Read of size 8 at addr 00000000000000d0 by task syz.0.671/5574

    __mutex_lock+0x8b/0x1010  kernel/locking/mutex.c:820
    scsi_remove_host+0x24/0x300  drivers/scsi/hosts.c:169
    ips_release  drivers/scsi/ips.c:654 [inline] [ips]
    ips_remove_device+0x155/0x2840  drivers/scsi/ips.c:6701 [ips]

Make ips_release() handle a NULL Scsi_Host by returning early, so the
remove path is safe when probe never established drvdata.

Signed-off-by: Yang Zi <2959243019@qq.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/ips.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ips.c b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
index 41ed73966a48..39568a7effb3 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/ips.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ static void ips_release(struct Scsi_Host *sh)
     ips_ha_t *ha;
     int i;
 
+    if (!sh)
+        return;
+
     METHOD_TRACE("ips_release", 1);
 
     scsi_remove_host(sh);


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* Re: [PATCH] scsi: ips: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ips_release()
  2026-08-25  9:25 [PATCH] scsi: ips: Fix NULL pointer dereference in ips_release() Yang Zi
@ 2026-08-25 10:44 ` John Garry
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: John Garry @ 2026-08-25 10:44 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Yang Zi, aacraid, James.Bottomley, martin.petersen, linux-scsi
  Cc: linux-kernel

On 8/25/26 10:25, Yang Zi wrote:
> When ips_insert_device() fails before calling pci_set_drvdata(), the
> PCI device's drvdata is NULL.  The .remove callback ips_remove_device()
> then calls ips_release(NULL), which immediately calls
> scsi_remove_host(NULL).  That dereferences shost->scan_mutex at a fixed
> offset of the NULL pointer, triggering a NULL pointer dereference.
> 
> KASAN report:
> 
>      BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __mutex_lock_common kernel/locking/mutex.c:625 [inline]
>      BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in __mutex_lock+0x8b/0x1010 kernel/locking/mutex.c:820
>      Read of size 8 at addr 00000000000000d0 by task syz.0.671/5574
> 
>      __mutex_lock+0x8b/0x1010  kernel/locking/mutex.c:820
>      scsi_remove_host+0x24/0x300  drivers/scsi/hosts.c:169
>      ips_release  drivers/scsi/ips.c:654 [inline] [ips]
>      ips_remove_device+0x155/0x2840  drivers/scsi/ips.c:6701 [ips]

You have sent many fixes for similar crashes in other drivers today. How 
did you recreate this? You have this ips HW, right?

> 
> Make ips_release() handle a NULL Scsi_Host by returning early, so the
> remove path is safe when probe never established drvdata.

ips_release() is only called from ips_remove_device(), and this is in 
the driver removal path. This would not be called if the probe fails 
(and pci_set_drvdata() was not called). So there seems to be something 
wrong in ips_insert_device().

> 
> Signed-off-by: Yang Zi <2959243019@qq.com>
> ---
>   drivers/scsi/ips.c | 3 +++
>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/ips.c b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
> index 41ed73966a48..39568a7effb3 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/ips.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/ips.c
> @@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ static void ips_release(struct Scsi_Host *sh)
>       ips_ha_t *ha;
>       int i;
>   
> +    if (!sh)
> +        return;
> +
>       METHOD_TRACE("ips_release", 1);
>   
>       scsi_remove_host(sh);


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