From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-alma10-1.taild15c8.ts.net [100.103.45.18]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 2E22C417D8C for ; Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:31:42 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785159105; cv=none; b=VhoCbiLlLFi19xmv+blc4Kjsd9hiOHqOJV33AaJSGfsVsov6T93v4ZY4AIPJlXHwwNLN9p4DE9mYF3wLG1TExDSSuIeUtoNLyfr9Sz1sLe2bTQ2EGJXg0KFfrGvtBG85LdhT340gBqTndwT6w6OFy+Nl53ERgIDKXXp3biw0sgk= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1785159105; c=relaxed/simple; bh=A90FxV4X3bbdasQ8q74T7z9jOTk3OxtMuLafpSgOW30=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=NlyKc8Grs1ghwTa1OC5wrV1NX0817EQNnVVIwP9k2QrLLJEPF2wY8AoSgqJ0AdBo+8g/yxxs4fiAodGRLlGBSqTaUJUWSa5PuQbwpLTN/AzPZ9vh7h0JazYodMqULAJJfq26pV9tdLRjOaOpxBEfjHHLbzRi1m1oAXcQ06XfctU= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=Hi4ykHZv; arc=none smtp.client-ip=100.103.45.18 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="Hi4ykHZv" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0F9061F000E9; Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:31:40 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=kernel.org; s=k20260515; t=1785159101; bh=AUVfqNTBgVwJxhcpsOucU9Rh56PHf+IMjXWpx/5HwHs=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=Hi4ykHZvz2e4Jq3L+ltTMJys8Nm01J8Zz50XZL+GsZeEH7aKztSIHJVGyikeM9HBo JiFrZiQhv3cyNQY/wbzjFgY+8giAijVmzDRgZ1pdNT1FTz1h6/FZ8ddAr15U0f6PSb F5VoNBSNhl0HHUplnhKh/twsdLXXTWifkn/QJCnApQjvZB3EODf9mKbxffJH1zp7UK 6CS444L+JCNCbjcpPu/zGaDj3FBZx7mv5Wjh5LIHN7/TL35AnmFvGvP/+jQk2PSkau YatoIpWrSSQbWu2Lmnr5TCAG1Ntv7+mdpct6kbry8OAGDiQZzFW8fZI4pwO4/s0KV2 NsKzscstChhEg== From: Sasha Levin To: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: Souvik Banerjee , Amir Goldstein , Miklos Szeredi , "Christian Brauner (Amutable)" , Sasha Levin Subject: [PATCH 6.18.y] ovl: use linked upper dentry in copy-up tmpfile Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 09:31:39 -0400 Message-ID: <20260727133139.539439-1-sashal@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0 In-Reply-To: <2026072031-identical-landslide-20e5@gregkh> References: <2026072031-identical-landslide-20e5@gregkh> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: Souvik Banerjee [ Upstream commit e348eecd4d8fa8d18a5157ff59f7be1dc59c5928 ] ovl_copy_up_tmpfile() stores the disconnected O_TMPFILE dentry as the overlay's upper dentry reference via ovl_inode_update(). vfs_tmpfile() allocated this dentry via d_alloc(parentpath->dentry, &slash_name), so d_name is "/" and d_parent is c->workdir. Local upper filesystems (ext4, btrfs, xfs, ...) immediately rename it to "#" via d_mark_tmpfile() inside their ->tmpfile() op; FUSE and virtiofs do not, so both fields stay that way. Neither identifies the destination directory and filename where ovl_do_link() actually linked the file. When the upper filesystem implements ->d_revalidate() (e.g. FUSE or virtiofs), ovl_revalidate_real() calls it with the dentry's parent inode and a snapshot of d_name. The server tries to look up "/" inside c->workdir, fails, and overlayfs reports -ESTALE. This causes persistent ESTALE errors for any file that was copied up via the tmpfile path, breaking dpkg, apt, and other tools that do rename-over-existing on overlayfs with a FUSE/virtiofs upper. Before commit 6b52243f633e ("ovl: fold copy-up helpers into callers"), the tmpfile copy-up path used a dedicated helper ovl_link_tmpfile() that captured the linked destination dentry returned by ovl_do_link(): err = ovl_do_link(temp, udir, upper); ... if (!err) *newdentry = dget(upper); and published it via ovl_inode_update(d_inode(c->dentry), newdentry). The fold inlined ovl_do_link() into ovl_copy_up_tmpfile() but dropped the dget(upper) capture, and rewrote the publish line as ovl_inode_update(d_inode(c->dentry), dget(temp)) — where temp is the disconnected O_TMPFILE dentry. Fix by keeping a reference to the linked destination dentry after ovl_do_link() succeeds, and publishing that dentry at the existing ovl_inode_update() call site. The non-tmpfile/workdir path continues to publish the renamed temporary dentry. Reproducer: - Mount overlayfs with virtiofs (or a FUSE fs whose server advertises FUSE_TMPFILE) as upper - Run: dpkg -i - Observe: "error installing new file '...': Stale file handle" Fixes: 6b52243f633e ("ovl: fold copy-up helpers into callers") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # v4.20+ Signed-off-by: Souvik Banerjee Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260501232735.2610824-1-souvik@amlalabs.com Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein Reviewed-by: Miklos Szeredi Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) [ adapted scoped credential and creation helpers to explicit credential, locking, lookup, and cleanup handling ] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin --- fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c index 97f373fd98797d..89317e1e7361b8 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c @@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c) { struct ovl_fs *ofs = OVL_FS(c->dentry->d_sb); struct inode *udir = d_inode(c->destdir); - struct dentry *temp, *upper; + struct dentry *temp, *upper, *newdentry = NULL; struct file *tmpfile; struct ovl_cu_creds cc; int err; @@ -901,6 +901,14 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c) err = PTR_ERR(upper); if (!IS_ERR(upper)) { err = ovl_do_link(ofs, temp, udir, upper); + if (!err) { + /* + * Record the linked dentry -- not the disconnected + * O_TMPFILE dentry -- so that ->d_revalidate() on + * the upper fs sees the real parent/name. + */ + newdentry = dget(upper); + } dput(upper); } inode_unlock(udir); @@ -916,7 +924,7 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_tmpfile(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c) if (!c->metacopy) ovl_set_upperdata(d_inode(c->dentry)); - ovl_inode_update(d_inode(c->dentry), dget(temp)); + ovl_inode_update(d_inode(c->dentry), newdentry); out: ovl_end_write(c->dentry); -- 2.53.0