From c15c2ec07a26b251040943a1a9f90d3037f041e5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boleyn Su Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2020 15:31:44 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] btrfs: check correct variable after allocation in btrfs_backref_iter_alloc The `if (!ret)` check will always be false and it may result in ret->path being dereferenced while it is a NULL pointer. Fixes: a37f232b7b65 ("btrfs: backref: introduce the skeleton of btrfs_backref_iter") CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 5.8+ Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov Reviewed-by: Qu Wenruo Signed-off-by: Boleyn Su Reviewed-by: David Sterba Signed-off-by: David Sterba --- fs/btrfs/backref.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/btrfs/backref.c b/fs/btrfs/backref.c index ea10f7bc99ab..ea1c28ccb44f 100644 --- a/fs/btrfs/backref.c +++ b/fs/btrfs/backref.c @@ -2303,7 +2303,7 @@ struct btrfs_backref_iter *btrfs_backref_iter_alloc( return NULL; ret->path = btrfs_alloc_path(); - if (!ret) { + if (!ret->path) { kfree(ret); return NULL; }