We have been hitting many issues with ".." ASSERTing on / in internal
code, so make sure that we direct /.. to /. This is safe.
Signed-off-by: Pedro Falcato <pedro.falc...@gmail.com>
Cc: Marvin Häuser <mhaeu...@posteo.de>
Reported-by: Savva Mitrofanov <savva...@gmail.com>
---
Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/Directory.c | 6 +++++-
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/Directory.c
b/Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/Directory.c
index 456916453952..73d21d9f9542 100644
--- a/Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/Directory.c
+++ b/Features/Ext4Pkg/Ext4Dxe/Directory.c
@@ -255,7 +255,11 @@ Ext4OpenDirent (
// Using the parent's parent's dentry
File->Dentry = Directory->Dentry->Parent;
- ASSERT (File->Dentry != NULL);
+ if (!File->Dentry) {
+ // Someone tried .. on root, so direct them to /
+ // This is an illegal EFI Open() but is possible to hit from a variety
of internal code
+ File->Dentry = Directory->Dentry;
+ }
Ext4RefDentry (File->Dentry);
} else {
--
2.39.0
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