Fixes a use-after-free in do_last() handling of sysctl_protected_... checks. UAF normally doesn't happen there, but race with rename() and it becomes possible. The following changes since commit 508c8772760d4ef9c1a044519b564710c3684fc5: fix autofs regression caused by follow_managed() changes (2020-01-15 01:36:46 -0500) are available in the git repository at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs.git fixes for you to fetch changes up to d0cb50185ae942b03c4327be322055d622dc79f6: do_last(): fetch directory ->i_mode and ->i_uid before it's too late (2020-01-26 09:31:07 -0500) ---------------------------------------------------------------- Al Viro (1): do_last(): fetch directory ->i_mode and ->i_uid before it's too late fs/namei.c | 17 ++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)