[PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 086/218] be2iscsi: set the boot_kset pointer to NULL in case of failure

From	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
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Subject	[PATCH 4.2.y-ckt 086/218] be2iscsi: set the boot_kset pointer to NULL in case of failure
Date	2016-03-31 22:20 +0200
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4.2.8-ckt7 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com>

commit 84bd64993f916bcf86270c67686ecf4cea7b8933 upstream.

In beiscsi_setup_boot_info(), the boot_kset pointer should be set to
NULL in case of failure otherwise an invalid pointer dereference may
occur later.

Signed-off-by: Maurizio Lombardi <mlombard@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Jitendra Bhivare <jitendra.bhivare@broadcom.com>
Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@canonical.com>
---
 drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
index 7a6dbfb..32f827e 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/be2iscsi/be_main.c
@@ -4468,6 +4468,7 @@ put_shost:
 	scsi_host_put(phba->shost);
 free_kset:
 	iscsi_boot_destroy_kset(phba->boot_kset);
+	phba->boot_kset = NULL;
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-- 
2.7.4

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