The goto out calls kfree(value) on an uninitialized pointer. Just return directly as the other error paths do. Fixes: 460bbf2990b3 ("fs/ntfs3: Do not change mode if ntfs_set_ea failed") Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs3/xattr.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c index 02f6a933ee79..5bdff12a1232 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/xattr.c @@ -568,7 +568,7 @@ static noinline int ntfs_set_acl_ex(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns, err = posix_acl_update_mode(mnt_userns, inode, &mode, &acl); if (err) - goto out; + return err; } name = XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS; name_len = sizeof(XATTR_NAME_POSIX_ACL_ACCESS) - 1; -- 2.35.1