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Commit 2788cc47 authored by Al Viro's avatar Al Viro
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Don't reset ->total_link_count on nested calls of vfs_path_lookup()



we already zero it on outermost set_nameidata(), so initialization in
path_init() is pointless and wrong.  The same DoS exists on pre-4.2
kernels, but there a slightly different fix will be needed.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.2
Signed-off-by: default avatarAl Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
parent 0f7ff2da
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