Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6
* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6:
fix cdev leak on O_PATH final fput()
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index bfab973..01e4c1e 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -247,8 +247,10 @@
file->f_op->release(inode, file);
security_file_free(file);
ima_file_free(file);
- if (unlikely(S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_cdev != NULL))
+ if (unlikely(S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) && inode->i_cdev != NULL &&
+ !(file->f_mode & FMODE_PATH))) {
cdev_put(inode->i_cdev);
+ }
fops_put(file->f_op);
put_pid(file->f_owner.pid);
file_sb_list_del(file);