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-rw-r--r-- | fs/open.c | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index 54198538b67e..a4b12022edaa 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -903,6 +903,18 @@ struct file *dentry_open(struct dentry *dentry, struct vfsmount *mnt, int flags) int error; struct file *f; + /* + * We must always pass in a valid mount pointer. Historically + * callers got away with not passing it, but we must enforce this at + * the earliest possible point now to avoid strange problems deep in the + * filesystem stack. + */ + if (!mnt) { + printk(KERN_WARNING "%s called with NULL vfsmount\n", __func__); + dump_stack(); + return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); + } + error = -ENFILE; f = get_empty_filp(); if (f == NULL) { |