If __key_link_begin() failed then "edit" would be uninitialized. I've added a check to fix that. Fixes: f70e2e06196a ('KEYS: Do preallocation for __key_link()') Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/security/keys/key.c b/security/keys/key.c index bd5a272..346fbf2 100644 --- a/security/keys/key.c +++ b/security/keys/key.c @@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ int key_reject_and_link(struct key *key, mutex_unlock(&key_construction_mutex); - if (keyring) + if (keyring && link_ret == 0) __key_link_end(keyring, &key->index_key, edit); /* wake up anyone waiting for a key to be constructed */ -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kernel-janitors" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html