ext4_getblk() called with map_flags=0 can return NULL, it can lead to oops on bh dereferemce Fixes e50e5129f384 ("ext4: xattr-in-inode support") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxx # 4.13 Signed-off-by: Vasily Averin <vvs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/xattr.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/xattr.c b/fs/ext4/xattr.c index 0b9688683526..6dc6c70828f0 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ext4/xattr.c @@ -1384,6 +1384,8 @@ static int ext4_xattr_inode_write(handle_t *handle, struct inode *ea_inode, bh = ext4_getblk(handle, ea_inode, block, 0); if (IS_ERR(bh)) return PTR_ERR(bh); + if (!bh) + return -ENOMEM; ret = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh); if (ret) goto out; -- 2.17.1