AF_UNIX sockets should call mknod on the top layer only and should not attempt
to modify the lower layer in a layered filesystem such as overlayfs.
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
net/unix/af_unix.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 526b6edab018..bd3a1cfd4b73 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -844,7 +844,7 @@ static int unix_mknod(const char *sun_path, umode_t mode, struct path *res)
*/
err = security_path_mknod(&path, dentry, mode, 0);
if (!err) {
- err = vfs_mknod(path.dentry->d_inode, dentry, mode, 0);
+ err = vfs_mknod(d_inode(path.dentry), dentry, mode, 0);
if (!err) {
res->mnt = mntget(path.mnt);
res->dentry = dget(dentry);
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