Use scoped_with_init_fs() to temporarily override current->fs for the kern_path() call in smb2_get_info_filesystem() so the share path lookup happens in init's filesystem context. All ksmbd paths ← SMB command handlers ← handle_ksmbd_work() ← workqueue ← ksmbd_conn_handler_loop() ← kthread Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner --- fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c index 743c629fe7ec..0667b0b663cd 100644 --- a/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c +++ b/fs/smb/server/smb2pdu.c @@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ #include #include #include +#include #include #include #include @@ -5463,7 +5464,8 @@ static int smb2_get_info_filesystem(struct ksmbd_work *work, if (!share->path) return -EIO; - rc = kern_path(share->path, LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS, &path); + scoped_with_init_fs() + rc = kern_path(share->path, LOOKUP_NO_SYMLINKS, &path); if (rc) { pr_err("cannot create vfs path\n"); return -EIO; -- 2.47.3