Fix an overput in which filename_lookup() unconditionally drops a ref to
the filename it was given, but this isn't taken account of in the caller,
fs_lookup_param().

Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1443811 ("Use after free")
Signed-off-by: David Howells <[email protected]>
---

 fs/fs_parser.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/fs_parser.c b/fs/fs_parser.c
index 842e8f749db6..be86703ec371 100644
--- a/fs/fs_parser.c
+++ b/fs/fs_parser.c
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ int fs_lookup_param(struct fs_context *fc,
                return invalf(fc, "%s: not usable as path", param->key);
        }
 
+       f->refcnt++; /* filename_lookup() drops our ref. */
        ret = filename_lookup(param->dirfd, f, flags, _path, NULL);
        if (ret < 0) {
                errorf(fc, "%s: Lookup failure for '%s'", param->key, f->name);

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