merged into cifs-2.6.git for-next On Thu, Nov 1, 2018 at 8:14 AM Colin King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > There is a null check on dst_file->private data which suggests > it can be potentially null. However, before this check, pointer > smb_file_target is derived from dst_file->private and dereferenced > in the call to tlink_tcon, hence there is a potential null pointer > deference. > > Fix this by assigning smb_file_target and target_tcon after the > null pointer sanity checks. > > Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1475302 ("Dereference before null check") > > Fixes: 04b38d601239 ("vfs: pull btrfs clone API to vfs layer") > Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > fs/cifs/cifsfs.c | 7 +++++-- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c > index e46af70153c0..db83938809a5 100644 > --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c > +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c > @@ -1003,8 +1003,8 @@ static loff_t cifs_remap_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t off, > struct inode *src_inode = file_inode(src_file); > struct inode *target_inode = file_inode(dst_file); > struct cifsFileInfo *smb_file_src = src_file->private_data; > - struct cifsFileInfo *smb_file_target = dst_file->private_data; > - struct cifs_tcon *target_tcon = tlink_tcon(smb_file_target->tlink); > + struct cifsFileInfo *smb_file_target; > + struct cifs_tcon *target_tcon; > unsigned int xid; > int rc; > > @@ -1021,6 +1021,9 @@ static loff_t cifs_remap_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t off, > goto out; > } > > + smb_file_target = dst_file->private_data; > + target_tcon = tlink_tcon(smb_file_target->tlink); > + > /* > * Note: cifs case is easier than btrfs since server responsible for > * checks for proper open modes and file type and if it wants > -- > 2.19.1 > -- Thanks, Steve