From: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> commit 59463eb88829f646aed13283fd84d02a475334fe upstream. In some scenarios (DFS and BAD_NETWORK_NAME) set_root_set() can be called with a NULL ses->tcon_ipc. Signed-off-by: Aurelien Aptel <aaptel@xxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara (SUSE) <pc@xxxxxx> CC: Stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/cifs/connect.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/cifs/connect.c +++ b/fs/cifs/connect.c @@ -4768,7 +4768,8 @@ static void set_root_ses(struct cifs_sb_ if (ses) { spin_lock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock); ses->ses_count++; - ses->tcon_ipc->remap = cifs_remap(cifs_sb); + if (ses->tcon_ipc) + ses->tcon_ipc->remap = cifs_remap(cifs_sb); spin_unlock(&cifs_tcp_ses_lock); } *root_ses = ses;