[PATCH 08/33] scsi: qla2xxx: Zero mailbox struct in qla2x00_get_firmware_state()

Nilesh Javali <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:28:13 +0530
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-scsi
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The mbx_cmd_t is allocated on the stack but left uninitialized.
qla2x00_mailbox_command() has several early-return paths (PCI permanent
failure, device failed, EEH busy, ISP abort pending, mailbox access
timeout, purge mbox) that return without writing the input mailbox
registers back into mcp->mb[]. qla2x00_get_firmware_state() then
unconditionally copies mcp->mb[1..6] (and mb[12]) into the caller's
states[] array regardless of the return value.

On such a failure the copied values are uninitialized kernel stack
memory, which is then exposed to userspace via the fw_state and
mpi_fw_state sysfs handlers. Zero the mailbox struct so a failed query
yields deterministic zeroed state instead of leaking stack contents.

Fixes: 4d4df1932b6b ("[SCSI] qla2xxx: Add ISP84XX support.")
Cc: [email protected]
Reported-by: Sashiko <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nilesh Javali <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
index ba4a4764de1f..ab5648eb5f20 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_mbx.c
@@ -2276,6 +2276,8 @@ qla2x00_get_firmware_state(scsi_qla_host_t *vha, uint16_t *states)
 	if (!ha->flags.fw_started)
 		return QLA_FUNCTION_FAILED;
 
+	memset(&mc, 0, sizeof(mc));
+
 	mcp->mb[0] = MBC_GET_FIRMWARE_STATE;
 	mcp->out_mb = MBX_0;
 	if (IS_FWI2_CAPABLE(vha->hw))
-- 
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