Check that the hidden directory is not NULL before using it, instead of after. Reported-by: Wen Xu <wen.xu@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ernesto A. Fernández <ernesto.mnd.fernandez@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/hfsplus/dir.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c index b5254378f011..cd017d7dbdfa 100644 --- a/fs/hfsplus/dir.c +++ b/fs/hfsplus/dir.c @@ -78,13 +78,13 @@ static struct dentry *hfsplus_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HARDLINK_TYPE) && entry.file.user_info.fdCreator == cpu_to_be32(HFSP_HFSPLUS_CREATOR) && + HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir && (entry.file.create_date == HFSPLUS_I(HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir)-> create_date || entry.file.create_date == HFSPLUS_I(d_inode(sb->s_root))-> - create_date) && - HFSPLUS_SB(sb)->hidden_dir) { + create_date)) { struct qstr str; char name[32]; -- 2.11.0