This patch takes the i_mutex lock before security_inode_removexattr(),
instead of after, in preparation of calling ima_inode_removexattr().
Signed-off-by: Mimi Zohar <zohar@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Kasatkin <dmitry.kasatkin@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xattr.c | 6 ++++--
1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xattr.c b/fs/xattr.c
index 82f4337..6112c92 100644
--- a/fs/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/xattr.c
@@ -294,11 +294,13 @@ vfs_removexattr(struct dentry *dentry, const char *name)
if (error)
return error;
+ mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
error = security_inode_removexattr(dentry, name);
- if (error)
+ if (error) {
+ mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
return error;
+ }
- mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
error = inode->i_op->removexattr(dentry, name);
mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
--
1.7.6.5
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