[PATCH 6.1.y] ocfs2: Avoid touching renamed directory if parent does not change
From: Artem Dinaburg
Date: Fri Oct 02 2026 - 15:49:36 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 6.1.y.
This one addresses CVE-2023-52590. It avoids updating a renamed directory
without the VFS lock when its parent is unchanged.
The corresponding 6.6.y backport is already in the 6.6.y stable queue.
The fix is already present in 6.12.y, 6.18.y, and 7.2.y, but not
in 6.1.y.
The code change is identical to upstream.
Could you please queue it for 6.1.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 c97c6fdb8cec23..a4804694cf1fd5 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/namei.c
@@ -1345,7 +1345,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
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;
@@ -1362,8 +1362,7 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
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;
}
@@ -1606,6 +1605,9 @@ static int ocfs2_rename(struct user_namespace *mnt_userns,
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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