Function pci_alloc_consistent() returns a NULL pointer if there is no enough memory. In function beiscsi_create_cqs() defined in file drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c, function pci_alloc_consistent() is called and its return value is checked against NULL (at line 3116). If the return value is NULL, the control flow will jump to label "create_cq_error", frees allocated memory and returns variable ret. Because after the first execution of the loop the value of ret must be 0 (see the check statement of ret at line 3129), the return value will be 0 (indicates success) if pci_alloc_consistent() fails during the second or after repeats of the loop body. In this case, the freed memory may be used or freed again in the callers of beiscsi_create_cqs(). I think it is better to assign "-ENOMEM" when the call pci_alloc_consistent() fails. Codes and comments related to this bug are summarised as follows. beiscsi_create_cqs @@ drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c 3092 static int beiscsi_create_cqs(struct beiscsi_hba *phba, 3093 struct hwi_context_memory *phwi_context) 3094 { ... 3100 int ret = -ENOMEM; ... 3106 for (i = 0; i < phba->num_cpus; i++) { 3107 cq = &phwi_context->be_cq[i]; 3108 eq = &phwi_context->be_eq[i].q; 3109 pbe_eq = &phwi_context->be_eq[i]; 3110 pbe_eq->cq = cq; 3111 pbe_eq->phba = phba; 3112 mem = &cq->dma_mem; 3113 cq_vaddress = pci_alloc_consistent(phba->pcidev, 3114 num_cq_pages * PAGE_SIZE, 3115 &paddr); 3116 if (!cq_vaddress) // ret may takes value 0. Add "ret = -ENOMEM" here? 3117 goto create_cq_error; ... 3129 ret = beiscsi_cmd_cq_create(&phba->ctrl, cq, eq, false, 3130 false, 0); 3131 if (ret) { 3132 beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_ERR, BEISCSI_LOG_INIT, 3133 "BM_%d : beiscsi_cmd_eq_create" 3134 "Failed for ISCSI CQ\n"); 3135 goto create_cq_error; 3136 } 3137 beiscsi_log(phba, KERN_INFO, BEISCSI_LOG_INIT, 3138 "BM_%d : iscsi cq_id is %d for eq_id %d\n" 3139 "iSCSI CQ CREATED\n", cq->id, eq->id); 3140 } 3141 return 0; 3142 3143 create_cq_error: 3144 for (i = 0; i < phba->num_cpus; i++) { 3145 cq = &phwi_context->be_cq[i]; 3146 mem = &cq->dma_mem; 3147 if (mem->va) 3148 pci_free_consistent(phba->pcidev, num_cq_pages 3149 * PAGE_SIZE, 3150 mem->va, mem->dma); 3151 } 3152 return ret; 3153 } Thanks very much!
Created attachment 256439 [details] The patch fixes the bug The patch has been merged into the latest version of the Linux kernel. So I will close the bug.