1 files changed, 16 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index 9d4f32700179..c9b7f5b7e92a 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2945,15 +2945,27 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(linkat, int, olddfd, const char __user *, oldname,
         struct dentry *new_dentry;
         struct nameidata nd;
         struct path old_path;
+        int how = 0;
         int error;
         char *to;
 
-        if ((flags & ~AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW) != 0)
+        if ((flags & ~(AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW | AT_EMPTY_PATH)) != 0)
                 return -EINVAL;
+        /*
+         * To use null names we require CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH
+         * This ensures that not everyone will be able to create
+         * handlink using the passed filedescriptor.
+         */
+        if (flags & AT_EMPTY_PATH) {
+                if (!capable(CAP_DAC_READ_SEARCH))
+                        return -ENOENT;
+                how = LOOKUP_EMPTY;
+        }
+
+        if (flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW)
+                how |= LOOKUP_FOLLOW;
 
-        error = user_path_at(olddfd, oldname,
-                             flags & AT_SYMLINK_FOLLOW ? LOOKUP_FOLLOW : 0,
-                             &old_path);
+        error = user_path_at(olddfd, oldname, how, &old_path);
         if (error)
                 return error;