commit 672e4268b2863d7e4978dfed29552b31c2f9bd4e upstream. ovl_dentry_revalidate_common() can be called in rcu-walk mode. As document said, "in rcu-walk mode, d_parent and d_inode should not be used without care". Check inode here to protect access under rcu-walk mode. Fixes: bccece1ead36 ("ovl: allow remote upper") Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+a4055c78774bbf3498bb@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Chen Zhongjin <chenzhongjin@huawei.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v5.7 Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>