4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ [ Upstream commit 8c6c9bed8773375b1d54ccca2911ec892c59db5d ] There is a null check on dst_file->private data which suggests it can be potentially null. However, before this check, pointer smb_file_target is derived from dst_file->private and dereferenced in the call to tlink_tcon, hence there is a potential null pointer deference. Fix this by assigning smb_file_target and target_tcon after the null pointer sanity checks. Detected by CoverityScan, CID#1475302 ("Dereference before null check") Fixes: 04b38d601239 ("vfs: pull btrfs clone API to vfs layer") Signed-off-by: Colin Ian King <colin.king@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/cifsfs.c | 7 +++++-- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c index 44a7b2dea688..c5fd5abf7206 100644 --- a/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c +++ b/fs/cifs/cifsfs.c @@ -933,8 +933,8 @@ static int cifs_clone_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t off, struct inode *src_inode = file_inode(src_file); struct inode *target_inode = file_inode(dst_file); struct cifsFileInfo *smb_file_src = src_file->private_data; - struct cifsFileInfo *smb_file_target = dst_file->private_data; - struct cifs_tcon *target_tcon = tlink_tcon(smb_file_target->tlink); + struct cifsFileInfo *smb_file_target; + struct cifs_tcon *target_tcon; unsigned int xid; int rc; @@ -948,6 +948,9 @@ static int cifs_clone_file_range(struct file *src_file, loff_t off, goto out; } + smb_file_target = dst_file->private_data; + target_tcon = tlink_tcon(smb_file_target->tlink); + /* * Note: cifs case is easier than btrfs since server responsible for * checks for proper open modes and file type and if it wants -- 2.17.1