No need to mess with dget_parent() for the former; for the latter we really should not rely upon ->d_name.name remaining stable - it's a real-life UAF. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/fuse/dir.c | 11 +++-------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c index d9e9f26917eb..7e93a8470c36 100644 --- a/fs/fuse/dir.c +++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c @@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ static int fuse_dentry_revalidate(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, struct dentry *entry, unsigned int flags) { struct inode *inode; - struct dentry *parent; struct fuse_mount *fm; struct fuse_inode *fi; int ret; @@ -228,11 +227,9 @@ static int fuse_dentry_revalidate(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, attr_version = fuse_get_attr_version(fm->fc); - parent = dget_parent(entry); - fuse_lookup_init(fm->fc, &args, get_node_id(d_inode(parent)), - &entry->d_name, &outarg); + fuse_lookup_init(fm->fc, &args, get_node_id(dir), + name, &outarg); ret = fuse_simple_request(fm, &args); - dput(parent); /* Zero nodeid is same as -ENOENT */ if (!ret && !outarg.nodeid) ret = -ENOENT; @@ -266,9 +263,7 @@ static int fuse_dentry_revalidate(struct inode *dir, const struct qstr *name, if (test_bit(FUSE_I_INIT_RDPLUS, &fi->state)) return -ECHILD; } else if (test_and_clear_bit(FUSE_I_INIT_RDPLUS, &fi->state)) { - parent = dget_parent(entry); - fuse_advise_use_readdirplus(d_inode(parent)); - dput(parent); + fuse_advise_use_readdirplus(dir); } } ret = 1; -- 2.39.5