[PATCH] Fix do_path_lookup() to add the check for error in link_path_walk()
Fix do_path_lookup() to avoid accessing invalid dentry or inode when the
link_path_walk() has failed. This should fix Bugme #5897.
Signed-off-by: Suzuki K P <suzuki@in.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index faf61c35..e28de84 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -1119,9 +1119,11 @@
current->total_link_count = 0;
retval = link_path_walk(name, nd);
out:
- if (unlikely(current->audit_context
- && nd && nd->dentry && nd->dentry->d_inode))
+ if (likely(retval == 0)) {
+ if (unlikely(current->audit_context && nd && nd->dentry &&
+ nd->dentry->d_inode))
audit_inode(name, nd->dentry->d_inode, flags);
+ }
return retval;
fput_unlock_fail: