[PATCH 6.6.y] ocfs2: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change
From: Artem Dinaburg
Date: Tue Sep 29 2026 - 21:07:47 EST
From: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
[ Upstream commit 9d618d19b29c2943527e3a43da0a35aea91062fc ]
The VFS will not be locking moved directory if its parent does not
change. Change ocfs2 rename code to avoid touching renamed directory if
its parent does not change as without locking that can corrupt the
filesystem.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Artem Dinaburg <artem@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Hi Greg, Sasha, and fs ocfs2 maintainers,
I am working through the small CVE backports still missing from 6.6.y.
This one addresses CVE-2023-52590. It avoids updating a renamed directory
without the VFS lock when its parent is unchanged.
The fix is already present in 6.12.y, 6.18.y, and 7.2.y, but not in 6.6.y.
This fix also affects 6.1.y, which will need a separate backport; this
submission contains only the 6.6.y patch.
The code change is identical to upstream.
Could you please queue it for 6.6.y?
CVE: CVE-2023-52590
Upstream: 9d618d19b29c2943527e3a43da0a35aea91062fc
AI assistance: An LLM helped identify, adapt, and validate this backport; I
reviewed the resulting code and validation evidence.
Thanks,
Artem Dinaburg
fs/ocfs2/namei.c | 8 +++++---
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
index 113102009431da..5776980402de95 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1347,7 +1347,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
goto bail;
}
- if (S_ISDIR(old_inode->i_mode)) {
+ if (S_ISDIR(old_inode->i_mode) && new_dir != old_dir) {
u64 old_inode_parent;
update_dot_dot = 1;
@@ -1364,8 +1364,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
goto bail;
}
- if (!new_inode && new_dir != old_dir &&
- new_dir->i_nlink >= ocfs2_link_max(osb)) {
+ if (!new_inode && new_dir->i_nlink >= ocfs2_link_max(osb)) {
status = -EMLINK;
goto bail;
}
@@ -1608,6 +1607,9 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct mnt_idmap *idmap,
if (update_dot_dot) {
status = ocfs2_update_entry(old_inode, handle,
&old_inode_dot_dot_res, new_dir);
+ }
+
+ if (S_ISDIR(old_inode->i_mode)) {
drop_nlink(old_dir);
if (new_inode) {
drop_nlink(new_inode);
--
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