In a previous commit c1006bd13146, ni->mi.mrec in ni_write_inode() could be NULL, and thus a NULL check is added for this variable. However, in the same call stack, ni->mi.mrec can be also dereferenced in ni_clear(): ntfs_evict_inode(inode) ni_write_inode(inode, ...) ni = ntfs_i(inode); is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) -> Add a NULL check by previous commit ni_clear(ntfs_i(inode)) is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec) -> No check Thus, a possible null-pointer dereference may exist in ni_clear(). To fix it, a NULL check is added in this function. Signed-off-by: Jia-Ju Bai <baijiaju1990@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: TOTE Robot <oslab@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs3/frecord.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c index f1df52dfab74..046ec4179d75 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/frecord.c @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void ni_clear(struct ntfs_inode *ni) { struct rb_node *node; - if (!ni->vfs_inode.i_nlink && is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec)) + if (!ni->vfs_inode.i_nlink && ni->mi.mrec && is_rec_inuse(ni->mi.mrec)) ni_delete_all(ni); al_destroy(ni); -- 2.34.1