From: Nikita Danilov fs/reiserfs/journal.c:cleanup_bitmap_list() can be called to cleanup reiserfs_list_bitmap that was only partly initialized. Check that jb->bitmaps array was actually allocated, before trying to free its elements. --- fs/reiserfs/journal.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff -puN fs/reiserfs/journal.c~reiserfs-cleanup_bitmap_list-oops-fix fs/reiserfs/journal.c --- 25/fs/reiserfs/journal.c~reiserfs-cleanup_bitmap_list-oops-fix 2004-01-19 12:09:55.000000000 -0800 +++ 25-akpm/fs/reiserfs/journal.c 2004-01-19 12:09:55.000000000 -0800 @@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ static int set_bit_in_list_bitmap(struct static void cleanup_bitmap_list(struct super_block *p_s_sb, struct reiserfs_list_bitmap *jb) { int i; + if (jb->bitmaps == NULL) + return; + for (i = 0 ; i < SB_BMAP_NR(p_s_sb) ; i++) { if (jb->bitmaps[i]) { free_bitmap_node(p_s_sb, jb->bitmaps[i]) ; _