On 14:36 Thu 07 Mar     , oskar.and...@sonymobile.com wrote:
> From: "syunsuke.x.itou" <syunsuke.x.i...@sonymobile.com>
> 
> By repeatadly connecting/disconnecting a USB masstorage device
> a null pointer dereference can be provoked. This is caused by
> sd_revalidate_disk() assuming sdkp to be a valid pointer. This
> patch adds a null pointer check.
> 
> Reviewed-by: Radovan Lekanovic <radovan.lekano...@sonymobile.com>
> Signed-off-by: syunsuke.x.itou <syunsuke.x.i...@sonymobile.com>
> Signed-off-by: Oskar Andero <oskar.and...@sonymobile.com>
> ---
>  drivers/scsi/sd.c |    7 ++++++-
>  1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sd.c b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> index 7992635..49849ce 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/sd.c
> @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
>  /*
>   *      sd.c Copyright (C) 1992 Drew Eckhardt
>   *           Copyright (C) 1993, 1994, 1995, 1999 Eric Youngdale
> + *           Copyright (C) 2013 Sony Mobile Communications AB.
>   *
>   *      Linux scsi disk driver
>   *              Initial versions: Drew Eckhardt
> @@ -2653,10 +2654,14 @@ static int sd_try_extended_inquiry(struct scsi_device 
> *sdp)
>  static int sd_revalidate_disk(struct gendisk *disk)
>  {
>       struct scsi_disk *sdkp = scsi_disk(disk);
> -     struct scsi_device *sdp = sdkp->device;
> +     struct scsi_device *sdp;
>       unsigned char *buffer;
>       unsigned flush = 0;
>  
> +     if (!sdkp)
> +             return -ENODEV;
> +     sdp = sdkp->device;
> +
>       SCSI_LOG_HLQUEUE(3, sd_printk(KERN_INFO, sdkp,
>                                     "sd_revalidate_disk\n"));
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.8.6
> 

Ping. Any input on the patch above?

Thanks,

-Oskar
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