A bug in scsi_alloc_target of drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c

A bug in scsi_alloc_target of drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c

[Dashi DS1 Cao]

When debugging a race condition in scsi_remove_target of 3.12, I ran into this possible bug within scsi_alloc_target.
When an existing "struct scsi_target" is found and used, the starget just got through kzmalloc should be freed, rather than dong a "put_device(dev)".

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
index 81d4151..96795d4 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static struct scsi_target *scsi_alloc_target(struct device *parent,

        spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
        if (ref_got) {
-               put_device(dev);
+               kfree(starget);
                return found_target;
        }
        /*
--

Dashi Cao

Re: A bug in scsi_alloc_target of drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c

[Benjamin Block]

Hello Dashi,

On Tue, May 09, 2017 at 09:08:14AM +0000, Dashi DS1 Cao wrote:
> When debugging a race condition in scsi_remove_target of 3.12, I ran into this possible bug within scsi_alloc_target.
> When an existing "struct scsi_target" is found and used, the starget just got through kzmalloc should be freed, rather than dong a "put_device(dev)".

But that is exactly what is done when put_device is called and the
internal ref-count drops below 1. It will go through the kobj-core and
end up in scsi_target_dev_release().

Also this specific code was changed in 12fb8c1574d7d in 2010, see the
commit message there.

                                                    Beste Grüße / Best regards,
                                                      - Benjamin Block
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> index 81d4151..96795d4 100644
> --- a/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> +++ b/drivers/scsi/scsi_scan.c
> @@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ static struct scsi_target *scsi_alloc_target(struct device *parent,
> 
>         spin_unlock_irqrestore(shost->host_lock, flags);
>         if (ref_got) {
> -               put_device(dev);
> +               kfree(starget);
>                 return found_target;
>         }
>         /*
> --
> 
> Dashi Cao
> 
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