If hdr_find_e() fails to find an entry in the index buffer, dir_search_u() maybe return NULL. Therefore, it is necessary to add relevant judgment conditions in ntfs_lookup(). Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+5d34cc6474499a5ff516@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Edward Adam Davis <eadavis@xxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs3/namei.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c index 084d19d78397..293c37171d97 100644 --- a/fs/ntfs3/namei.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/namei.c @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static struct dentry *ntfs_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, * If the MFT record of ntfs inode is not a base record, inode->i_op can be NULL. * This causes null pointer dereference in d_splice_alias(). */ - if (!IS_ERR_OR_NULL(inode) && !inode->i_op) { + if (IS_ERR_OR_NULL(inode) || !inode->i_op) { iput(inode); inode = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); } -- 2.43.0