linux-ext4 - [patch] ext4: using PTR_ERR() on the wrong variable in ext4_ext

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:14:06 +0300
From:	Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>
To:	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
Cc:	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [patch] ext4: using PTR_ERR() on the wrong variable in
 ext4_ext_migrate()

"inode" is a valid pointer here.  "tmp_inode" was intended.

Signed-off-by: Dan Carpenter <dan.carpenter@...cle.com>

diff --git a/fs/ext4/migrate.c b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
index e7d6bb0..f39f80f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/migrate.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/migrate.c
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ int ext4_ext_migrate(struct inode *inode)
 	tmp_inode = ext4_new_inode(handle, inode->i_sb->s_root->d_inode,
 				   S_IFREG, NULL, goal, owner);
 	if (IS_ERR(tmp_inode)) {
-		retval = PTR_ERR(inode);
+		retval = PTR_ERR(tmp_inode);
 		ext4_journal_stop(handle);
 		return retval;
 	}
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html