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| Series | [CIFS] missing null check for newinode pointer | expand |
Acked-by: Sachin Prabhu <sprabhu@redhat.com> On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 2:04 AM Steve French <smfrench@gmail.com> wrote: > > in cifs_do_create we check if newinode is valid before referencing it > but are missing the check in one place in fs/cifs/dir.c > > Addresses-Coverity: 1357292 ("Dereference after null check") > Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com> > --- > fs/cifs/dir.c | 9 +++++---- > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c > index 912333082b18..aca6ed58cc44 100644 > --- a/fs/cifs/dir.c > +++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c > @@ -384,10 +384,11 @@ cifs_do_create(struct inode *inode, struct > dentry *direntry, unsigned int xid, > goto out_err; > } > > - if (S_ISDIR(newinode->i_mode)) { > - rc = -EISDIR; > - goto out_err; > - } > + if (newinode) > + if (S_ISDIR(newinode->i_mode)) { > + rc = -EISDIR; > + goto out_err; > + } > > d_drop(direntry); > d_add(direntry, newinode); > > -- > Thanks, > > Steve
From 8252c0bc73cad73a8f4f76e90c2381ee34ffbc0f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:53:08 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] cifs: missing null check for newinode pointer
in cifs_do_create we check if newinode is valid before referencing it
but are missing the check in one place in fs/cifs/dir.c
Addresses-Coverity: 1357292 ("Dereference after null check")
Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com>
---
fs/cifs/dir.c | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/cifs/dir.c b/fs/cifs/dir.c
index 912333082b18..aca6ed58cc44 100644
--- a/fs/cifs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/cifs/dir.c
@@ -384,10 +384,11 @@ cifs_do_create(struct inode *inode, struct dentry *direntry, unsigned int xid,
goto out_err;
}
- if (S_ISDIR(newinode->i_mode)) {
- rc = -EISDIR;
- goto out_err;
- }
+ if (newinode)
+ if (S_ISDIR(newinode->i_mode)) {
+ rc = -EISDIR;
+ goto out_err;
+ }
d_drop(direntry);
d_add(direntry, newinode);
--
2.30.2
in cifs_do_create we check if newinode is valid before referencing it but are missing the check in one place in fs/cifs/dir.c Addresses-Coverity: 1357292 ("Dereference after null check") Signed-off-by: Steve French <stfrench@microsoft.com> --- fs/cifs/dir.c | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) d_add(direntry, newinode);