If CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL=n then the fallback version of ext4_init_acl() will mask off the umask bits from the new inode's i_mode. This should not be done if the inode is a symlink. If CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL=y, then we go through posix_acl_create() instead which does the right thing with symlinks. Fix this by making the fallback version of ext4_init_acl() do nothing if inode is a symlink. Fixes: 484fd6c1de13 ("ext4: apply umask if ACL support is disabled") Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/acl.h | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/acl.h b/fs/ext4/acl.h index ef4c19e5f570..566625286442 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/acl.h +++ b/fs/ext4/acl.h @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ ext4_init_acl(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir) /* usually, the umask is applied by posix_acl_create(), but if ext4 ACL support is disabled at compile time, we need to do it here, because posix_acl_create() will never be called */ - inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask(); + if (!S_ISLNK(inode->i_mode)) + inode->i_mode &= ~current_umask(); return 0; }