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-rw-r--r--fs/nfsd/vfs.c12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
index 04bdba12d21..7e2fdd50113 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/vfs.c
@@ -99,8 +99,16 @@ nfsd_cross_mnt(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, struct dentry **dpp,
exp2 = rqst_exp_get_by_name(rqstp, &path);
if (IS_ERR(exp2)) {
- if (PTR_ERR(exp2) != -ENOENT)
- err = PTR_ERR(exp2);
+ err = PTR_ERR(exp2);
+ /*
+ * We normally allow NFS clients to continue
+ * "underneath" a mountpoint that is not exported.
+ * The exception is V4ROOT, where no traversal is ever
+ * allowed without an explicit export of the new
+ * directory.
+ */
+ if (err == -ENOENT && !(exp->ex_flags & NFSEXP_V4ROOT))
+ err = 0;
path_put(&path);
goto out;
}