linux-kernel - [PATCH (untested)] vfs: fix d_inode

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Date:	Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:25:18 +0100
From:	Miklos Szeredi <miklos@...redi.hu>
To:	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Josef Bacik <josef@...hat.com>
CC:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH (untested)] vfs: fix d_inode_lookup() dentry ref leak

From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>

d_inode_lookup() appears to leak a dentry reference on IS_DEADDIR().

Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...e.cz>
CC: stable@...r.kernel.org
---
 fs/namei.c |    4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/namei.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/namei.c	2012-02-03 14:14:52.000000000 +0100
+++ linux-2.6/fs/namei.c	2012-02-03 14:15:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -1095,8 +1095,10 @@ static struct dentry *d_inode_lookup(str
 	struct dentry *old;
 
 	/* Don't create child dentry for a dead directory. */
-	if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode)))
+	if (unlikely(IS_DEADDIR(inode))) {
+		dput(dentry);
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+	}
 
 	old = inode->i_op->lookup(inode, dentry, nd);
 	if (unlikely(old)) {
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