file->f_path.dentry is pinned down for as long as the file is open...
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/kernel/auditsc.c b/kernel/auditsc.c
index 072566d..55f82fc 100644
--- a/kernel/auditsc.c
+++ b/kernel/auditsc.c
@@ -2405,7 +2405,6 @@
struct audit_aux_data_bprm_fcaps *ax;
struct audit_context *context = current->audit_context;
struct cpu_vfs_cap_data vcaps;
- struct dentry *dentry;
ax = kmalloc(sizeof(*ax), GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ax)
@@ -2415,9 +2414,7 @@
ax->d.next = context->aux;
context->aux = (void *)ax;
- dentry = dget(bprm->file->f_path.dentry);
- get_vfs_caps_from_disk(dentry, &vcaps);
- dput(dentry);
+ get_vfs_caps_from_disk(bprm->file->f_path.dentry, &vcaps);
ax->fcap.permitted = vcaps.permitted;
ax->fcap.inheritable = vcaps.inheritable;
