[PATCH] Prevent oopsing in posix_acl_valid()

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If posix_acl_from_xattr() returns an error code, a negative address is
dereferenced causing an oops; fix by checking for error code first.

Signed-off-by: Daniel J Blueman <daniel.blueman@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/btrfs/acl.c |    5 +++--
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index 5d505aa..cad6fbb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -178,12 +178,13 @@ static int btrfs_xattr_acl_set(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name,
 
 	if (value) {
 		acl = posix_acl_from_xattr(value, size);
+		if (IS_ERR(acl)
+			return PTR_ERR(acl);
+
 		if (acl) {
 			ret = posix_acl_valid(acl);
 			if (ret)
 				goto out;
-		} else if (IS_ERR(acl)) {
-			return PTR_ERR(acl);
 		}
 	}
 
-- 
1.7.4.1

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