public inbox for linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
 help / color / mirror / Atom feed
From: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
To: linkinjeon@kernel.org, hyc.lee@gmail.com
Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] ntfs: Place check before dereference
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:09:04 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260226160906.7175-2-ethantidmore06@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260226160906.7175-1-ethantidmore06@gmail.com>

The variable ni has the possiblity of being null and is checked for it
but, only after it was dereferenced in a log message.

Put check before dereference.

Detected by Smatch:
fs/ntfs/attrib.c:2115 ntfs_resident_attr_record_add() warn:
variable dereferenced before check 'ni' (see line 2111)

fs/ntfs/attrib.c:2237 ntfs_non_resident_attr_record_add() warn:
variable dereferenced before check 'ni' (see line 2232)

Signed-off-by: Ethan Tidmore <ethantidmore06@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ntfs/attrib.c | 12 ++++++------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
index e8285264f619..e260540eb7c5 100644
--- a/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
+++ b/fs/ntfs/attrib.c
@@ -2108,13 +2108,13 @@ int ntfs_resident_attr_record_add(struct ntfs_inode *ni, __le32 type,
 	int err, offset;
 	struct ntfs_inode *base_ni;
 
+	if (!ni || (!name && name_len))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ntfs_debug("Entering for inode 0x%llx, attr 0x%x, flags 0x%x.\n",
 			(long long) ni->mft_no, (unsigned int) le32_to_cpu(type),
 			(unsigned int) le16_to_cpu(flags));
 
-	if (!ni || (!name && name_len))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	err = ntfs_attr_can_be_resident(ni->vol, type);
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == -EPERM)
@@ -2229,14 +2229,14 @@ static int ntfs_non_resident_attr_record_add(struct ntfs_inode *ni, __le32 type,
 	struct ntfs_inode *base_ni;
 	int err, offset;
 
+	if (!ni || dataruns_size <= 0 || (!name && name_len))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ntfs_debug("Entering for inode 0x%llx, attr 0x%x, lowest_vcn %lld, dataruns_size %d, flags 0x%x.\n",
 			(long long) ni->mft_no, (unsigned int) le32_to_cpu(type),
 			(long long) lowest_vcn, dataruns_size,
 			(unsigned int) le16_to_cpu(flags));
 
-	if (!ni || dataruns_size <= 0 || (!name && name_len))
-		return -EINVAL;
-
 	err = ntfs_attr_can_be_non_resident(ni->vol, type);
 	if (err) {
 		if (err == -EPERM)
-- 
2.53.0


  reply	other threads:[~2026-02-26 16:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-02-26 16:09 [PATCH 0/3] ntfs: Bug fixes for attrib.c Ethan Tidmore
2026-02-26 16:09 ` Ethan Tidmore [this message]
2026-02-27  2:32   ` [PATCH 1/3] ntfs: Place check before dereference Hyunchul Lee
2026-02-26 16:09 ` [PATCH 2/3] ntfs: Add missing error code Ethan Tidmore
2026-02-27  2:37   ` Hyunchul Lee
2026-02-26 16:09 ` [PATCH 3/3] ntfs: Fix possible deadlock Ethan Tidmore
2026-02-27  2:38   ` Hyunchul Lee
2026-02-27  9:44 ` [PATCH 0/3] ntfs: Bug fixes for attrib.c Namjae Jeon

Reply instructions:

You may reply publicly to this message via plain-text email
using any one of the following methods:

* Save the following mbox file, import it into your mail client,
  and reply-to-all from there: mbox

  Avoid top-posting and favor interleaved quoting:
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Interleaved_style

* Reply using the --to, --cc, and --in-reply-to
  switches of git-send-email(1):

  git send-email \
    --in-reply-to=20260226160906.7175-2-ethantidmore06@gmail.com \
    --to=ethantidmore06@gmail.com \
    --cc=hyc.lee@gmail.com \
    --cc=linkinjeon@kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org \
    --cc=linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org \
    /path/to/YOUR_REPLY

  https://kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-send-email.html

* If your mail client supports setting the In-Reply-To header
  via mailto: links, try the mailto: link
Be sure your reply has a Subject: header at the top and a blank line before the message body.
This is a public inbox, see mirroring instructions
for how to clone and mirror all data and code used for this inbox