@@ -677,6 +677,7 @@ static int ext4_d_compare(const struct d
struct qstr qstr = {.name = str, .len = len };
const struct dentry *parent = READ_ONCE(dentry->d_parent);
const struct inode *inode = READ_ONCE(parent->d_inode);
+ char strbuf[DNAME_INLINE_LEN];
if (!inode || !IS_CASEFOLDED(inode) ||
!EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_encoding) {
@@ -685,6 +686,21 @@ static int ext4_d_compare(const struct d
return memcmp(str, name->name, len);
}
+ /*
+ * If the dentry name is stored in-line, then it may be concurrently
+ * modified by a rename. If this happens, the VFS will eventually retry
+ * the lookup, so it doesn't matter what ->d_compare() returns.
+ * However, it's unsafe to call utf8_strncasecmp() with an unstable
+ * string. Therefore, we have to copy the name into a temporary buffer.
+ */
+ if (len <= DNAME_INLINE_LEN - 1) {
+ memcpy(strbuf, str, len);
+ strbuf[len] = 0;
+ qstr.name = strbuf;
+ /* prevent compiler from optimizing out the temporary buffer */
+ barrier();
+ }
+
return ext4_ci_compare(inode, name, &qstr, false);
}