The hfs_find_exit() function expects fd->bnode to be NULL after a search has failed. The hfs_brec_insert() function may instead set it to an error-valued pointer. Fix this to prevent a crash. Signed-off-by: Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hfs/brec.c | 7 ++++--- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/hfs/brec.c b/fs/hfs/brec.c index ad04a5741016..9a8772465a90 100644 --- a/fs/hfs/brec.c +++ b/fs/hfs/brec.c @@ -75,9 +75,10 @@ int hfs_brec_insert(struct hfs_find_data *fd, void *entry, int entry_len) if (!fd->bnode) { if (!tree->root) hfs_btree_inc_height(tree); - fd->bnode = hfs_bnode_find(tree, tree->leaf_head); - if (IS_ERR(fd->bnode)) - return PTR_ERR(fd->bnode); + node = hfs_bnode_find(tree, tree->leaf_head); + if (IS_ERR(node)) + return PTR_ERR(node); + fd->bnode = node; fd->record = -1; } new_node = NULL; -- 2.11.0