... otherwise d_is_symlink() above might have nothing to do with the inode value we've got. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2+ Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
@@ -1712,6 +1712,11 @@ static inline int should_follow_link(struct nameidata *nd, struct path *link,
return 0;
if (!follow)
+ /* make sure that d_is_symlink above matches inode */
+ if (nd->flags & LOOKUP_RCU) {
+ if (read_seqcount_retry(&link->dentry->d_seq, seq))
+ return -ECHILD;
+ }
return pick_link(nd, link, inode, seq);
}