2 files changed, 15 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
index d635c9e73..675506269 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
@@ -841,14 +841,16 @@ func (ctx *createProcessContext) Value(key interface{}) interface{} {
 		if ctx.args.MountNamespaceVFS2 == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
-		// MountNamespaceVFS2.Root() takes a reference on the root dirent for us.
-		return ctx.args.MountNamespaceVFS2.Root()
+		root := ctx.args.MountNamespaceVFS2.Root()
+		root.IncRef()
+		return root
 	case vfs.CtxMountNamespace:
 		if ctx.k.globalInit == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
-		// MountNamespaceVFS2 takes a reference for us.
-		return ctx.k.GlobalInit().Leader().MountNamespaceVFS2()
+		mntns := ctx.k.GlobalInit().Leader().MountNamespaceVFS2()
+		mntns.IncRef()
+		return mntns
 	case fs.CtxDirentCacheLimiter:
 		return ctx.k.DirentCacheLimiter
 	case inet.CtxStack:
@@ -904,14 +906,13 @@ func (k *Kernel) CreateProcess(args CreateProcessArgs) (*ThreadGroup, ThreadID,
 	if VFS2Enabled {
 		mntnsVFS2 = args.MountNamespaceVFS2
 		if mntnsVFS2 == nil {
-			// MountNamespaceVFS2 adds a reference to the namespace, which is
-			// transferred to the new process.
+			// Add a reference to the namespace, which is transferred to the new process.
 			mntnsVFS2 = k.globalInit.Leader().MountNamespaceVFS2()
+			mntnsVFS2.IncRef()
 		}
 		// Get the root directory from the MountNamespace.
 		root := mntnsVFS2.Root()
-		// The call to newFSContext below will take a reference on root, so we
-		// don't need to hold this one.
+		root.IncRef()
 		defer root.DecRef(ctx)
 
 		// Grab the working directory.
@@ -1648,16 +1649,16 @@ func (ctx supervisorContext) Value(key interface{}) interface{} {
 		if ctx.k.globalInit == nil {
 			return vfs.VirtualDentry{}
 		}
-		mntns := ctx.k.GlobalInit().Leader().MountNamespaceVFS2()
-		defer mntns.DecRef(ctx)
-		// Root() takes a reference on the root dirent for us.
-		return mntns.Root()
+		root := ctx.k.GlobalInit().Leader().MountNamespaceVFS2().Root()
+		root.IncRef()
+		return root
 	case vfs.CtxMountNamespace:
 		if ctx.k.globalInit == nil {
 			return nil
 		}
-		// MountNamespaceVFS2() takes a reference for us.
-		return ctx.k.GlobalInit().Leader().MountNamespaceVFS2()
+		mntns := ctx.k.GlobalInit().Leader().MountNamespaceVFS2()
+		mntns.IncRef()
+		return mntns
 	case fs.CtxDirentCacheLimiter:
 		return ctx.k.DirentCacheLimiter
 	case inet.CtxStack:
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/task.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/task.go
index f796e0fa3..e90a19cfb 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/task.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/task.go
@@ -735,7 +735,6 @@ func (t *Task) SyscallRestartBlock() SyscallRestartBlock {
 func (t *Task) IsChrooted() bool {
 	if VFS2Enabled {
 		realRoot := t.mountNamespaceVFS2.Root()
-		defer realRoot.DecRef(t)
 		root := t.fsContext.RootDirectoryVFS2()
 		defer root.DecRef(t)
 		return root != realRoot
@@ -868,7 +867,6 @@ func (t *Task) MountNamespace() *fs.MountNamespace {
 func (t *Task) MountNamespaceVFS2() *vfs.MountNamespace {
 	t.mu.Lock()
 	defer t.mu.Unlock()
-	t.mountNamespaceVFS2.IncRef()
 	return t.mountNamespaceVFS2
 }