The ext4_get_group_desc() function returns NULL on error, and ext4_free_inodes_count() function dereferences it without checking. There is a check on the next line, but it's too late. Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Static checker fix. diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c index a044a9b..1526f33 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c @@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent, struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(sb); ext4_group_t real_ngroups = ext4_get_groups_count(sb); int inodes_per_group = EXT4_INODES_PER_GROUP(sb); - unsigned int freei, avefreei, grp_free; + unsigned int freei, avefreei; ext4_fsblk_t freeb, avefreec; unsigned int ndirs; int max_dirs, min_inodes; @@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ static int find_group_orlov(struct super_block *sb, struct inode *parent, struct orlov_stats stats; int flex_size = ext4_flex_bg_size(sbi); struct dx_hash_info hinfo; + unsigned int grp_free = 0; ngroups = real_ngroups; if (flex_size > 1) { @@ -508,7 +509,8 @@ fallback_retry: for (i = 0; i < ngroups; i++) { grp = (parent_group + i) % ngroups; desc = ext4_get_group_desc(sb, grp, NULL); - grp_free = ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc); + if (desc) + grp_free = ext4_free_inodes_count(sb, desc); if (desc && grp_free && grp_free >= avefreei) { *group = grp; return 0; -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html