[PATCH INNER] scsi: target: tcm_loop: Fix NULL ptr dereference

Guixin Liu <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:59:37 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.target-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-scsi
Message-ID <[email protected]>
The TCM_LOOP LUN creation process calls device_register() to create the
device, which in turn invokes tcm_loop_driver_probe() registered with
the TCM_LOOP bus to create and register the scsi_host.
However, if the scsi_host memory allocation fails or scsi_add_host()
fails, the device_register() process still returns success.
Subsequently, when the user binds the LUN to a specific backend device,
it accesses the NULL or freed scsi_host.

Crash Call Trace:
  RIP: 0010:scsi_is_host_device+0x7/0x20
  scsi_alloc_target+0x32/0x2c0
  __scsi_add_device+0x41/0xf0
  scsi_add_device+0xd/0x30
  tcm_loop_port_link+0x25/0x50 [tcm_loop]
  target_fabric_port_link+0x9c/0xb0 [target_core_mod]
  ...

This issue is fixed by:
  1. Setting the tcm_loop_hba's scsi_host to NULL, if
     scsi_add_host() fails.
  2. Checking the tcm_loop_hba's scsi_host after device_register().

Fixes: 3703b2c5d041 ("[SCSI] tcm_loop: Add multi-fabric Linux/SCSI LLD fabric module")
Signed-off-by: Guixin Liu <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c b/drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c
index 528883d989b8..79ea34960199 100644
--- a/drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c
+++ b/drivers/target/loopback/tcm_loop.c
@@ -393,6 +393,7 @@ static int tcm_loop_driver_probe(struct device *dev)
 	if (error) {
 		pr_err("%s: scsi_add_host failed\n", __func__);
 		scsi_host_put(sh);
+		tl_hba->sh = NULL;
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -436,6 +437,9 @@ static int tcm_loop_setup_hba_bus(struct tcm_loop_hba *tl_hba, int tcm_loop_host
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
 
+	if (!tl_hba->sh)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
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