fs/namespace.c: fix mountpoint reference counter race
A race condition between threads updating mountpoint reference counter affects longterm releases 4.4.220, 4.9.220, 4.14.177 and 4.19.118. The mountpoint reference counter corruption may occur when: * one thread increments m_count member of struct mountpoint [under namespace_sem, but not holding mount_lock] pivot_root() * another thread simultaneously decrements the same m_count [under mount_lock, but not holding namespace_sem] put_mountpoint() unhash_mnt() umount_mnt() mntput_no_expire() To fix this race condition, grab mount_lock before updating m_count in pivot_root(). Reference: CVE-2020-12114 Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Piotr Krysiuk <piotras@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
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