From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> complete_walk() already puts nd->path, no need to do it again at cleanup time. This would result in Oopses if triggered, apparently the codepath is not too well exercised. Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@xxxxxxx> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- fs/namei.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c index e2ba628..f79aef1 100644 --- a/fs/namei.c +++ b/fs/namei.c @@ -2261,7 +2261,7 @@ static struct file *do_last(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *path, /* Why this, you ask? _Now_ we might have grown LOOKUP_JUMPED... */ error = complete_walk(nd); if (error) - goto exit; + return ERR_PTR(error); error = -EISDIR; if (S_ISDIR(nd->inode->i_mode)) goto exit; -- 1.7.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html