6.7-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 45be0882c5f91e1b92e645001dd1a53b3bd58c97 upstream. Address static checker warning in cifs_ses_get_chan_index(): warn: variable dereferenced before check 'server' To be consistent, and reduce risk, we should add another check for null server pointer. Fixes: 88675b22d34e ("cifs: do not search for channel if server is terminating") Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Shyam Prasad N <sprasad@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/smb/client/sess.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/fs/smb/client/sess.c +++ b/fs/smb/client/sess.c @@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ cifs_ses_get_chan_index(struct cifs_ses unsigned int i; /* if the channel is waiting for termination */ - if (server->terminate) + if (server && server->terminate) return CIFS_INVAL_CHAN_INDEX; for (i = 0; i < ses->chan_count; i++) {