The current code null checks variable err_buf, which is always null when it is checked, hence utf16_path is free'd and the function returns -ENOENT everytime it is called, making it impossible for the execution path to reach the following code: err_buf = err_iov.iov_base; Fix this by null checking err_iov.iov_base instead of err_buf. Also, notice that err_buf no longer needs to be initialized to NULL. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1467876 ("Logically dead code") Fixes: 2d636199e400 ("cifs: Change SMB2_open to return an iov for the error parameter") Signed-off-by: Gustavo A. R. Silva <gustavo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/smb2ops.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c index b4ae932..38ebf3f 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c +++ b/fs/cifs/smb2ops.c @@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ smb2_query_symlink(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, struct cifs_open_parms oparms; struct cifs_fid fid; struct kvec err_iov = {NULL, 0}; - struct smb2_err_rsp *err_buf = NULL; + struct smb2_err_rsp *err_buf; struct smb2_symlink_err_rsp *symlink; unsigned int sub_len; unsigned int sub_offset; @@ -1476,7 +1476,7 @@ smb2_query_symlink(const unsigned int xid, struct cifs_tcon *tcon, rc = SMB2_open(xid, &oparms, utf16_path, &oplock, NULL, &err_iov); - if (!rc || !err_buf) { + if (!rc || !err_iov.iov_base) { kfree(utf16_path); return -ENOENT; } -- 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