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chroot(2): import pathname only once
authorAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Sat, 1 Nov 2025 04:48:31 +0000 (00:48 -0400)
committerAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Tue, 13 Jan 2026 20:16:44 +0000 (15:16 -0500)
Convert the user_path_at() call inside a retry loop into getname_flags() +
filename_lookup() + putname() and leave only filename_lookup() inside
the loop.

In this case we never pass LOOKUP_EMPTY, so getname_flags() is equivalent
to plain getname().

The things could be further simplified by use of cleanup.h stuff, but
let's not clutter the patch with that.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
fs/open.c

index 67c114bdeac5cc75828d86c3f06c46d6c03733d7..6f48fa9c756a3a28d8d994aee915ce304049ae1a 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -600,8 +600,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(chroot, const char __user *, filename)
        struct path path;
        int error;
        unsigned int lookup_flags = LOOKUP_FOLLOW | LOOKUP_DIRECTORY;
+       struct filename *name = getname(filename);
 retry:
-       error = user_path_at(AT_FDCWD, filename, lookup_flags, &path);
+       error = filename_lookup(AT_FDCWD, name, lookup_flags, &path, NULL);
        if (error)
                goto out;
 
@@ -625,6 +626,7 @@ dput_and_out:
                goto retry;
        }
 out:
+       putname(name);
        return error;
 }