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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 89a612e392eb..7720fbd5277b 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ static int unlazy_walk(struct nameidata *nd, struct dentry *dentry)
* a reference at this point.
*/
BUG_ON(!IS_ROOT(dentry) && dentry->d_parent != parent);
- BUG_ON(!parent->d_count);
- parent->d_count++;
+ BUG_ON(!parent->d_lockref.count);
+ parent->d_lockref.count++;
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
}
spin_unlock(&parent->d_lock);
@@ -3327,7 +3327,7 @@ void dentry_unhash(struct dentry *dentry)
{
shrink_dcache_parent(dentry);
spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
- if (dentry->d_count == 1)
+ if (dentry->d_lockref.count == 1)
__d_drop(dentry);
spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
}
@@ -3671,11 +3671,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
if ((flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
return -EINVAL;
/*
- * Using empty names is equivalent to using AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW
- * on /proc/self/fd/<fd>.
+ * To use null names we require CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
+ * This ensures that not everyone will be able to create
+ * handlink using the passed filedescriptor.
*/
- if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+ if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) {
+ if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
+ return -ENOENT;
how = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
+ }
if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW)
how |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;