[PATCH 2/2] ext4: in lookup call d_add_ci if there is a case mismatch

From: Eugen Hristev
Date: Fri Jul 05 2024 - 02:28:00 EST


In lookup function, if we have a file match but not a case match in the
case-insensitive case, call d_add_ci to store the real filename into cache
instead of the case variant of the name that was looked up.
This avoids exposing into user space (e.g. /proc/self/cwd) internal cache
data.

Signed-off-by: Eugen Hristev <eugen.hristev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/namei.c | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/namei.c b/fs/ext4/namei.c
index e6769b97a970..0676c21e1622 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/namei.c
@@ -1834,6 +1834,19 @@ static struct dentry *ext4_lookup(struct inode *dir, struct dentry *dentry, unsi
return NULL;
}

+ /* Create a case-insensitive cache entry with the real
+ * name stored, in case our search pattern differs
+ * in terms of case.
+ */
+ if (inode && IS_CASEFOLDED(dir) &&
+ memcmp(de->name, dentry->d_name.name, de->name_len)) {
+ struct qstr dname;
+
+ dname.len = de->name_len;
+ dname.name = de->name;
+ return d_add_ci(dentry, inode, &dname);
+ }
+
return d_splice_alias(inode, dentry);
}

--
2.34.1