We need to set the error code on this path otherwise we return ERR_PTR(0) which would result in a NULL dereference in the caller. Fixes: 9069a3817d82 ("lib: objagg: implement optimization hints assembly and use hints for object creation") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- lib/objagg.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/lib/objagg.c b/lib/objagg.c index 781f41c3c47d..d552ec9c60ed 100644 --- a/lib/objagg.c +++ b/lib/objagg.c @@ -968,8 +968,10 @@ struct objagg_hints *objagg_hints_get(struct objagg *objagg, if (err) goto err_fillup_hints; - if (WARN_ON(objagg_hints->node_count != objagg->obj_count)) + if (WARN_ON(objagg_hints->node_count != objagg->obj_count)) { + err = -EINVAL; goto err_node_count_check; + } return objagg_hints; -- 2.17.1