In 0ee50b47532a ("namei: change filename_parentat() calling
conventions"), filename_parentat() was made to always call putname() on
the filename before returning, and kern_path_locked() was migrated to
this calling convention. However, kern_path_locked() uses the "last"
parameter to lookup and potentially create a new dentry. The last
parameter contains the last component of the path and points within the
filename, which was recently freed at the end of filename_parentat().
Thus, when kern_path_locked() calls __lookup_hash(), it is using the
filename after it has already been freed.
Switch to using __filename_parentat() to avoid freeing the filename, and
wrap the function with a getname and putname instead. Remove
filename_parentat() as it is now unused, and it is inherently broken.
Fixes: 0ee50b47532a ("namei: change filename_parentat() calling conventions")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/[email protected]/
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Cc: Al Viro <[email protected]>
Reported-by: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Stephen Brennan <[email protected]>
---
fs/namei.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index d049d3972695..d6340fabaab4 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2538,25 +2538,15 @@ static int __filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
return retval;
}
-static int filename_parentat(int dfd, struct filename *name,
- unsigned int flags, struct path *parent,
- struct qstr *last, int *type)
-{
- int retval = __filename_parentat(dfd, name, flags, parent, last, type);
-
- putname(name);
- return retval;
-}
-
/* does lookup, returns the object with parent locked */
-struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
+static struct dentry *__kern_path_locked(struct filename *name,
+ struct path *path)
{
struct dentry *d;
struct qstr last;
int type, error;
- error = filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(name), 0, path,
- &last, &type);
+ error = __filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, name, 0, path, &last, &type);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);
if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM)) {
@@ -2572,6 +2562,15 @@ struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
return d;
}
+struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
+{
+ struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
+ struct dentry *res = __kern_path_locked(filename, path);
+
+ putname(filename);
+ return res;
+}
+
int kern_path(const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct path *path)
{
return filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, getname_kernel(name),
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