From: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx> commit df14afeed2e6c1bbadef7d2f9c46887bbd6d8d94 upstream. There is a case that file_present is true and path is uninitialized. This patch change file_present is set to false by default and set to true when patch is initialized. Fixes: 74d7970febf7 ("ksmbd: fix racy issue from using ->d_parent and ->d_name") Reported-by: Coverity Scan <scan-admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c +++ b/fs/ksmbd/smb2pdu.c @@ -5560,7 +5560,7 @@ static int smb2_create_link(struct ksmbd { char *link_name = NULL, *target_name = NULL, *pathname = NULL; struct path path; - bool file_present = true; + bool file_present = false; int rc; if (buf_len < (u64)sizeof(struct smb2_file_link_info) + @@ -5593,8 +5593,8 @@ static int smb2_create_link(struct ksmbd if (rc) { if (rc != -ENOENT) goto out; - file_present = false; - } + } else + file_present = true; if (file_info->ReplaceIfExists) { if (file_present) {