This patch resolves Coverity #751303: >>> CID 753103: Explicit null dereferenced (FORWARD_NULL) Passing null >>> pointer "value" to function "f2fs_acl_from_disk(char const *, size_t)", which dereferences it. [Error path] - value = NULL; - retval = 0 by f2fs_getxattr(); - f2fs_acl_from_disk(value:NULL, ...); Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk.kim@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/f2fs/acl.c | 13 ++++++------- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/f2fs/acl.c b/fs/f2fs/acl.c index e95b949..137af42 100644 --- a/fs/f2fs/acl.c +++ b/fs/f2fs/acl.c @@ -191,15 +191,14 @@ struct posix_acl *f2fs_get_acl(struct inode *inode, int type) retval = f2fs_getxattr(inode, name_index, "", value, retval); } - if (retval < 0) { - if (retval == -ENODATA) - acl = NULL; - else - acl = ERR_PTR(retval); - } else { + if (retval > 0) acl = f2fs_acl_from_disk(value, retval); - } + else if (retval == -ENODATA) + acl = NULL; + else + acl = ERR_PTR(retval); kfree(value); + if (!IS_ERR(acl)) set_cached_acl(inode, type, acl); -- 1.8.0.1.250.gb7973fb -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html