This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL pointer dereference on error in attr_allocate_frame()
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
fs-ntfs3-fix-null-pointer-dereference-on-error-in-at.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit a1a19da1f0c9a64854616aee5678e109e7bde15c
Author: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue Sep 26 11:28:11 2023 +0300
fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL pointer dereference on error in attr_allocate_frame()
[ Upstream commit 9c689c8dc86f8ca99bf91c05f24c8bab38fe7d5f ]
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
index 63169529b52c4..2215179c925b3 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs3/attrib.c
@@ -1658,10 +1658,8 @@ int attr_allocate_frame(struct ntfs_inode *ni, CLST frame, size_t compr_size,
le_b = NULL;
attr_b = ni_find_attr(ni, NULL, &le_b, ATTR_DATA, NULL,
0, NULL, &mi_b);
- if (!attr_b) {
- err = -ENOENT;
- goto out;
- }
+ if (!attr_b)
+ return -ENOENT;
attr = attr_b;
le = le_b;
