From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> commit 70e42feab2e20618ddd0cbfc4ab4b08628236ecd upstream. Fixes: 0813299c586b ("ext4: Fix possible corruption when moving a directory") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/5efbe1b9-ad8b-4a4f-b422-24824d2b775c@kili.mountain Reported-by: Dan Carpenter <error27@xxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: syzbot+0c73d1d8b952c5f3d714@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/namei.c | 4 +--- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-) --- a/fs/ext4/namei.c +++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c @@ -3898,10 +3898,8 @@ static int ext4_rename(struct user_names goto end_rename; } retval = ext4_rename_dir_prepare(handle, &old); - if (retval) { - inode_unlock(old.inode); + if (retval) goto end_rename; - } } /* * If we're renaming a file within an inline_data dir and adding or