Entries under /proc/<pid>/map_files/* are ephemeral and may go away before the process dies. As such allowing them to be used as mount points creates the ability to leak mounts that linger until the process dies with no ability to unmount them until then. Don't allow using them as mountpoints. Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/proc/base.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c index 72a1acd03675..fce3d377b826 100644 --- a/fs/proc/base.c +++ b/fs/proc/base.c @@ -2276,8 +2276,8 @@ proc_map_files_instantiate(struct dentry *dentry, inode->i_op = &proc_map_files_link_inode_operations; inode->i_size = 64; - d_set_d_op(dentry, &tid_map_files_dentry_operations); - return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry); + return proc_splice_unmountable(inode, dentry, + &tid_map_files_dentry_operations); } static struct dentry *proc_map_files_lookup(struct inode *dir, -- 2.43.0
