The patch below does not apply to the 4.5-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From 03a8bb0e53d9562276045bdfcf2b5de2e4cff5a1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 16:05:36 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] ext4/fscrypto: avoid RCU lookup in d_revalidate As Al pointed, d_revalidate should return RCU lookup before using d_inode. This was originally introduced by: commit 34286d666230 ("fs: rcu-walk aware d_revalidate method"). Reported-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Cc: stable <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/crypto/crypto.c b/fs/crypto/crypto.c index da70520f3ab4..2fc8c43ce531 100644 --- a/fs/crypto/crypto.c +++ b/fs/crypto/crypto.c @@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ #include <linux/ratelimit.h> #include <linux/bio.h> #include <linux/dcache.h> +#include <linux/namei.h> #include <linux/fscrypto.h> #include <linux/ecryptfs.h> @@ -353,6 +354,9 @@ static int fscrypt_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags) struct fscrypt_info *ci; int dir_has_key, cached_with_key; + if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU) + return -ECHILD; + dir = dget_parent(dentry); if (!d_inode(dir)->i_sb->s_cop->is_encrypted(d_inode(dir))) { dput(dir); diff --git a/fs/ext4/crypto.c b/fs/ext4/crypto.c index db9ae6e18154..6a6c27373b54 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/crypto.c +++ b/fs/ext4/crypto.c @@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ #include <linux/random.h> #include <linux/scatterlist.h> #include <linux/spinlock_types.h> +#include <linux/namei.h> #include "ext4_extents.h" #include "xattr.h" @@ -482,6 +483,9 @@ static int ext4_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry, unsigned int flags) struct ext4_crypt_info *ci; int dir_has_key, cached_with_key; + if (flags & LOOKUP_RCU) + return -ECHILD; + dir = dget_parent(dentry); if (!ext4_encrypted_inode(d_inode(dir))) { dput(dir); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html