If 'attr_b' has not been found in repack loop, it is dereferenced at the end of function after 'goto out'. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. Fixes: be71b5cba2e6 ("fs/ntfs3: Add attrib operations") Signed-off-by: Pavel Sakharov <p.sakharov@xxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Alexey Khoroshilov <khoroshilov@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs3/attrib.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c index a9d82bbb4729..ebc934ac5cf5 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c @@ -1737,8 +1737,7 @@ int attr_allocate_frame(struct ntfs_inode *ni, CLST frame, size_t compr_size, attr_b = ni_find_attr(ni, NULL, &le_b, ATTR_DATA, NULL, 0, NULL, &mi_b); if (!attr_b) { - err = -ENOENT; - goto out; + return -ENOENT; } attr = attr_b; -- 2.41.0