This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
new helper: user_path_locked_at()
to the 6.7-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
new-helper-user_path_locked_at.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.7 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 74d016ecc1a7974664e98d1afbf649cd4e0e0423 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:41:27 -0500
Subject: new helper: user_path_locked_at()
From: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 74d016ecc1a7974664e98d1afbf649cd4e0e0423 upstream.
Equivalent of kern_path_locked() taking dfd/userland name.
User introduced in the next commit.
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/namei.c | 16 +++++++++++++---
include/linux/namei.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2573,13 +2573,13 @@ static int filename_parentat(int dfd, st
}
/* does lookup, returns the object with parent locked */
-static struct dentry *__kern_path_locked(struct filename *name, struct path *path)
+static struct dentry *__kern_path_locked(int dfd, struct filename *name, struct path *path)
{
struct dentry *d;
struct qstr last;
int type, error;
- error = filename_parentat(AT_FDCWD, name, 0, path, &last, &type);
+ error = filename_parentat(dfd, name, 0, path, &last, &type);
if (error)
return ERR_PTR(error);
if (unlikely(type != LAST_NORM)) {
@@ -2598,12 +2598,22 @@ static struct dentry *__kern_path_locked
struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *name, struct path *path)
{
struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
- struct dentry *res = __kern_path_locked(filename, path);
+ struct dentry *res = __kern_path_locked(AT_FDCWD, filename, path);
putname(filename);
return res;
}
+struct dentry *user_path_locked_at(int dfd, const char __user *name, struct path *path)
+{
+ struct filename *filename = getname(name);
+ struct dentry *res = __kern_path_locked(dfd, filename, path);
+
+ putname(filename);
+ return res;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(user_path_locked_at);
+
int kern_path(const char *name, unsigned int flags, struct path *path)
{
struct filename *filename = getname_kernel(name);
--- a/include/linux/namei.h
+++ b/include/linux/namei.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ extern struct dentry *kern_path_create(i
extern struct dentry *user_path_create(int, const char __user *, struct path *, unsigned int);
extern void done_path_create(struct path *, struct dentry *);
extern struct dentry *kern_path_locked(const char *, struct path *);
+extern struct dentry *user_path_locked_at(int , const char __user *, struct path *);
int vfs_path_parent_lookup(struct filename *filename, unsigned int flags,
struct path *parent, struct qstr *last, int *type,
const struct path *root);
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.7/bch2_ioctl_subvolume_destroy-fix-locking.patch
queue-6.7/new-helper-user_path_locked_at.patch
