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authorGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2025-07-21 17:53:33 +0300
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>2025-07-21 17:53:33 +0300
commitbcbef1e4a626e093d4ead56593fb169eed5033c7 (patch)
treed17ab18b665433070a93c0cbd0d0291b0f262353 /fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
parent103f5d8c35b3d22b700f1f6d585e499b2df62df6 (diff)
parent89be9a83ccf1f88522317ce02f854f30d6115c41 (diff)
downloadlinux-bcbef1e4a626e093d4ead56593fb169eed5033c7.tar.xz
Merge tag 'v6.16-rc7' into tty-next
We need the tty/serial fixes in here as well. Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c18
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index cc9d74a06ff0..08b78150cdde 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -918,17 +918,21 @@ static int proc_sys_compare(const struct dentry *dentry,
struct ctl_table_header *head;
struct inode *inode;
- /* Although proc doesn't have negative dentries, rcu-walk means
- * that inode here can be NULL */
- /* AV: can it, indeed? */
- inode = d_inode_rcu(dentry);
- if (!inode)
- return 1;
if (name->len != len)
return 1;
if (memcmp(name->name, str, len))
return 1;
- head = rcu_dereference(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
+
+ // false positive is fine here - we'll recheck anyway
+ if (d_in_lookup(dentry))
+ return 0;
+
+ inode = d_inode_rcu(dentry);
+ // we just might have run into dentry in the middle of __dentry_kill()
+ if (!inode)
+ return 1;
+
+ head = READ_ONCE(PROC_I(inode)->sysctl);
return !head || !sysctl_is_seen(head);
}