From: Yan Lei <chinayanlei2002@xxxxxxx> commit ae5a4e46916fc307288227b64c1d062352eb93b7 upstream. This value is checked in indx_read, so it must be initialized Fixes: 82cae269cfa9 ("fs/ntfs3: Add initialization of super block") Signed-off-by: Yan Lei <chinayanlei2002@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Komarov <almaz.alexandrovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ntfs3/index.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/ntfs3/index.c +++ b/fs/ntfs3/index.c @@ -1994,7 +1994,7 @@ static int indx_free_children(struct ntf const struct NTFS_DE *e, bool trim) { int err; - struct indx_node *n; + struct indx_node *n = NULL; struct INDEX_HDR *hdr; CLST vbn = de_get_vbn(e); size_t i;