From d893f1bc2a9f0f7dcb4b433452c59f9bedac0d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Al Viro Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2010 03:30:42 -0400 Subject: fix open/umount race nameidata_to_filp() drops nd->path or transfers it to opened file. In the former case it's a Bad Idea(tm) to do mnt_drop_write() on nd->path.mnt, since we might race with umount and vfsmount in question might be gone already. Fix: don't drop it, then... IOW, have nameidata_to_filp() grab nd->path in case it transfers it to file and do path_drop() in callers. After they are through with accessing nd->path... Reported-by: Miklos Szeredi Signed-off-by: Al Viro --- fs/open.c | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs/open.c') diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c index d74e1983e8dc..4197b9ed023d 100644 --- a/fs/open.c +++ b/fs/open.c @@ -786,11 +786,11 @@ struct file *nameidata_to_filp(struct nameidata *nd) /* Pick up the filp from the open intent */ filp = nd->intent.open.file; /* Has the filesystem initialised the file for us? */ - if (filp->f_path.dentry == NULL) + if (filp->f_path.dentry == NULL) { + path_get(&nd->path); filp = __dentry_open(nd->path.dentry, nd->path.mnt, filp, NULL, cred); - else - path_put(&nd->path); + } return filp; } -- cgit v1.2.3-58-ga151