[PATCH 4.9 75/80] ipmi: Fix kernel panic at ipmi_ssif_thread()

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Thu May 18 2017 - 07:16:58 EST


4.9-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Joeseph Chang <joechang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

commit 6de65fcfdb51835789b245203d1bfc8d14cb1e06 upstream.

msg_written_handler() may set ssif_info->multi_data to NULL
when using ipmitool to write fru.

Before setting ssif_info->multi_data to NULL, add new local
pointer "data_to_send" and store correct i2c data pointer to
it to fix NULL pointer kernel panic and incorrect ssif_info->multi_pos.

Signed-off-by: Joeseph Chang <joechang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Corey Minyard <cminyard@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
+++ b/drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_ssif.c
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct s
* for details on the intricacies of this.
*/
int left;
+ unsigned char *data_to_send;

ssif_inc_stat(ssif_info, sent_messages_parts);

@@ -900,6 +901,7 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct s
left = 32;
/* Length byte. */
ssif_info->multi_data[ssif_info->multi_pos] = left;
+ data_to_send = ssif_info->multi_data + ssif_info->multi_pos;
ssif_info->multi_pos += left;
if (left < 32)
/*
@@ -913,7 +915,7 @@ static void msg_written_handler(struct s
rv = ssif_i2c_send(ssif_info, msg_written_handler,
I2C_SMBUS_WRITE,
SSIF_IPMI_MULTI_PART_REQUEST_MIDDLE,
- ssif_info->multi_data + ssif_info->multi_pos,
+ data_to_send,
I2C_SMBUS_BLOCK_DATA);
if (rv < 0) {
/* request failed, just return the error. */