1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index 1a06be61dcd0..fe00b3b983a8 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -2039,10 +2039,13 @@ int cgroupstats_build(struct cgroupstats *stats, struct dentry *dentry)
         struct cgroup *cgrp;
         struct cgroup_iter it;
         struct task_struct *tsk;
+
         /*
-         * Validate dentry by checking the superblock operations
+         * Validate dentry by checking the superblock operations,
+         * and make sure it's a directory.
          */
-        if (dentry->d_sb->s_op != &cgroup_ops)
+        if (dentry->d_sb->s_op != &cgroup_ops ||
+            !S_ISDIR(dentry->d_inode->i_mode))
                  goto err;
 
         ret = 0;