tcon->ses is being dereferenced before it is null checked, hence there is a potential null pointer dereference. Fix this by moving the pointer dereference after tcon->ses has been properly null checked. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1467426 ("Dereference before null check") Fixes: 93012bf98416 ("cifs: add server->vals->header_preamble_size") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <garsilva@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v2: - Update subject. fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c index f7741ce..e5ac474 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c +++ b/fs/cifs/smb2pdu.c @@ -3454,7 +3454,7 @@ static int build_qfs_info_req(struct kvec *iov, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, int level, int outbuf_len, u64 persistent_fid, u64 volatile_fid) { - struct TCP_Server_Info *server = tcon->ses->server; + struct TCP_Server_Info *server; int rc; struct smb2_query_info_req *req; unsigned int total_len; @@ -3464,6 +3464,8 @@ build_qfs_info_req(struct kvec *iov, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, int level, if ((tcon->ses == NULL) || (tcon->ses->server == NULL)) return -EIO; + server = tcon->ses->server; + rc = smb2_plain_req_init(SMB2_QUERY_INFO, tcon, (void **) &req, &total_len); if (rc) -- 2.7.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html