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-rw-r--r--fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index c41ab261397d..7da10e595297 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -707,7 +707,10 @@ static bool proc_sys_link_fill_cache(struct file *file,
struct ctl_table *table)
{
bool ret = true;
+
head = sysctl_head_grab(head);
+ if (IS_ERR(head))
+ return false;
if (S_ISLNK(table->mode)) {
/* It is not an error if we can not follow the link ignore it */