In lookup function, if we have a file match but not a case match in the case-insensitive case, call d_add_ci to store the real filename into cache instead of the case variant of the name that was looked up. This avoids exposing into user space (e.g. /proc/self/cwd) internal cache data. Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c index e6769b97a970..0676c21e1622 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -1834,6 +1834,19 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi return NULL; } + /* Create a case-insensitive cache entry with the real + * name stored, in case our search pattern differs + * in terms of case. + */ + if (inode && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) && + memcmp(de->name, dentry->d_name.name, de->name_len)) { + struct qstr dname; + + dname.len = de->name_len; + dname.name = de->name; + return d_add_ci(dentry, inode, &dname); + } + return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); } -- 2.34.1