When we fail to load block bitmap in __ext4_new_inode() we will dereference NULL pointer in ext4_journal_get_write_access(). So check for error from ext4_read_block_bitmap(). Coverity-id: 989065 Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/ialloc.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c index 8012a5daf401..ac644c31ca67 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ialloc.c +++ b/fs/ext4/ialloc.c @@ -887,6 +887,10 @@ got: struct buffer_head *block_bitmap_bh; block_bitmap_bh = ext4_read_block_bitmap(sb, group); + if (!block_bitmap_bh) { + err = -EIO; + goto out; + } BUFFER_TRACE(block_bitmap_bh, "get block bitmap access"); err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, block_bitmap_bh); if (err) { -- 1.8.1.4 -- 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