Merge pull request #1795 from Abyss-W4tcher/dentry_names_forward_slashes

Linux: prevent "forward slashes only" dentry names

Author: ikelos

volatility3/framework/symbols/linux/__init__.py

@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ def do_get_path(cls, rdentry, rmnt, dentry, vfsmnt) -> Union[None, str]:
             return ""
 
         path_reversed = []
+        smeared = False
         while (
             dentry
             and dentry.is_readable()
@@ -190,10 +191,16 @@ def do_get_path(cls, rdentry, rmnt, dentry, vfsmnt) -> Union[None, str]:
 
             parent = dentry.d_parent
             dname = dentry.d_name.name_as_str()
+            # empty dentry names are most likely
+            # the result of smearing
+            if not dname:
+                smeared = True
             path_reversed.append(dname.strip("/"))
             dentry = parent
 
         path = "/" + "/".join(reversed(path_reversed))
+        if smeared:
+            return f"<potentially smeared> {path}"
         return path
 
     @classmethod