The patch titled
r/o bind mounts: sys_symlinkat() elevate write count around vfs_symlink()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename is
ro-bind-mounts-sys_symlinkat-elevate-write-count-around-vfs_symlink.patch
This patch was dropped because Viro's comments sounded rather serious
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Subject: r/o bind mounts: sys_symlinkat() elevate write count around vfs_symlink()
From: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Serge Hallyn <serue@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Herbert Poetzl <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 5 +++++
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff -puN fs/namei.c~ro-bind-mounts-sys_symlinkat-elevate-write-count-around-vfs_symlink fs/namei.c
--- a/fs/namei.c~ro-bind-mounts-sys_symlinkat-elevate-write-count-around-vfs_symlink
+++ a/fs/namei.c
@@ -2213,7 +2213,12 @@ asmlinkage long sys_symlinkat(const char
if (IS_ERR(dentry))
goto out_unlock;
+ error = mnt_want_write(nd.mnt);
+ if (error)
+ goto out_dput;
error = vfs_symlink(nd.dentry->d_inode, dentry, from, S_IALLUGO);
+ mnt_drop_write(nd.mnt);
+out_dput:
dput(dentry);
out_unlock:
mutex_unlock(&nd.dentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from haveblue@xxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
git-acpi.patch
ro-bind-mounts-sys_symlinkat-elevate-write-count-around-vfs_symlink.patch
ro-bind-mounts-elevate-mount-count-for-extended-attributes.patch
ro-bind-mounts-sys_linkat-elevate-write-count-around-vfs_link.patch
ro-bind-mounts-mount_is_safe-add-comment.patch
ro-bind-mounts-unix_find_other-elevate-write-count-for-touch_atime.patch
ro-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-over-calls-to-vfs_rename.patch
ro-bind-mounts-tricky-elevate-write-count-files-are-opened.patch
ro-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-do_sys_truncate.patch
ro-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_utimes.patch
ro-bind-mounts-elevate-write-count-for-do_sys_utime-and-touch_atime.patch
ro-bind-mounts-sys_mknodat-elevate-write-count-for-vfs_mknod-create.patch
ro-bind-mounts-elevate-mnt-writers-for-vfs_unlink-callers.patch
ro-bind-mounts-do_rmdir-elevate-write-count.patch
ro-bind-mounts-elevate-writer-count-for-custom-struct-file.patch
ro-bind-mounts-honor-r-w-changes-at-do_remount-time.patch
page-owner-tracking-leak-detector.patch
x86-e820-debugging.patch
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