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-rw-r--r--fs/namei.c19
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index ceb9ddf8dfdd..8c1ff0b388e2 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2422,6 +2422,14 @@ static const char *path_init(struct nameidata *nd, unsigned flags)
if (!f.file)
return ERR_PTR(-EBADF);
+ if (flags & LOOKUP_LINKAT_EMPTY) {
+ if (f.file->f_cred != current_cred() &&
+ !ns_capable(f.file->f_cred->user_ns, CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH)) {
+ fdput(f);
+ return ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
+ }
+ }
+
dentry = f.file->f_path.dentry;
if (*s && unlikely(!d_can_lookup(dentry))) {
@@ -4644,14 +4652,13 @@ int do_linkat(int olddfd, struct filename *old, int newdfd,
goto out_putnames;
}
/*
- * To use null names we require CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
+ * To use null names we require CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH or
+ * that the open-time creds of the dfd matches current.
* This ensures that not everyone will be able to create
- * handlink using the passed filedescriptor.
+ * a hardlink using the passed file descriptor.
*/
- if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH && !capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH)) {
- error = -ENOENT;
- goto out_putnames;
- }
+ if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH)
+ how |= LOOKUP_LINKAT_EMPTY;
if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW)
how |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;