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-rw-r--r--fs/namespace.c3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/namespace.c b/fs/namespace.c
index 2651328d1790..fbba8b17330d 100644
--- a/fs/namespace.c
+++ b/fs/namespace.c
@@ -2915,6 +2915,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(pivot_root, const char __user *, new_root,
/* make sure we can reach put_old from new_root */
if (!is_path_reachable(old_mnt, old.dentry, &new))
goto out4;
+ /* make certain new is below the root */
+ if (!is_path_reachable(new_mnt, new.dentry, &root))
+ goto out4;
root_mp->m_count++; /* pin it so it won't go away */
lock_mount_hash();
detach_mnt(new_mnt, &parent_path);