* [PATCH 6.6 1/2] ovl: take a snapshot of the name for copy up
2026-11-04 18:45 [PATCH 6.6 0/2] ovl: backports of fixes that failed to apply Amir Goldstein
@ 2026-11-04 18:45 ` Amir Goldstein
2026-11-04 18:45 ` [PATCH 6.6 2/2] ovl: use the pinned upper dir in ovl_fix_origin() Amir Goldstein
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From: Amir Goldstein @ 2026-11-04 18:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Cc: Miklos Szeredi, stable, linux-unionfs, Chris Mason, Josef Bacik
From: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
commit 65bf000962a33ec9d2488e4e1797b6cf630abcbb upstream.
The copy up of a directory reads a freed dentry name when a lookup
moves the directory at the same time.
A pointer to the name of a dentry is only valid while something stops
a move of the dentry. ovl_do_copy_up() keeps a plain copy of
c->dentry->d_name in c->destname, and ovl_copy_up_start() only keeps
ovl_rename() away. When a lookup finds the same directory under another
name after a change to the lower layer, d_splice_alias() moves the
dentry and frees its external name.
With a delay in ovl_do_copy_up(), a chmod of a lower-only directory with
a 60 byte name raced with a rename of that directory in the lower layer
and a stat of the new name, and KASAN reported a use-after-free in
lookup_noperm_common().
Fix this by using take_dentry_name_snapshot() for c->destname.
Fixes: 829c28be9bb9 ("ovl: use d_splice_alias() in place of d_add() in lookup")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
[backport: destname is set in ovl_copy_up_one(), take the snapshot in
the non-index branch of ovl_do_copy_up() instead]
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
---
fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
--- a/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c
@@ -869,6 +869,7 @@ static int ovl_do_copy_up(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
{
int err;
struct ovl_fs *ofs = OVL_FS(c->dentry->d_sb);
+ struct name_snapshot name;
bool to_index = false;
/*
@@ -897,13 +898,23 @@ static int ovl_do_copy_up(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
/* Disconnected dentry must be copied up to index dir */
return -EIO;
} else {
+ /*
+ * ovl_copy_up_start() keeps ovl_rename() away from c->dentry,
+ * because ovl_rename() calls ovl_copy_up() on source and target
+ * dentry. It does not stop d_splice_alias() from moving a
+ * directory that a lookup found under another name after a
+ * change to the lower layer. That move frees an external name,
+ * so take a snapshot.
+ */
+ take_dentry_name_snapshot(&name, c->dentry);
+ c->destname = name.name;
/*
* Mark parent "impure" because it may now contain non-pure
* upper
*/
err = ovl_set_impure(c->parent, c->destdir);
if (err)
- return err;
+ goto out;
}
/* Should we copyup with O_TMPFILE or with workdir? */
@@ -935,6 +946,8 @@ static int ovl_do_copy_up(struct ovl_copy_up_ctx *c)
out:
if (to_index)
kfree(c->destname.name);
+ else
+ release_dentry_name_snapshot(&name);
return err;
}
@@ -1070,7 +1083,6 @@ static int ovl_copy_up_one(struct dentry *parent, struct dentry *dentry,
if (parent) {
ovl_path_upper(parent, &parentpath);
ctx.destdir = parentpath.dentry;
- ctx.destname = dentry->d_name;
err = vfs_getattr(&parentpath, &ctx.pstat,
STATX_ATIME | STATX_MTIME,
--
backport
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2026-11-04 18:45 ` [PATCH 6.6 1/2] ovl: take a snapshot of the name for copy up Amir Goldstein
@ 2026-11-04 18:45 ` Amir Goldstein
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From: Amir Goldstein @ 2026-11-04 18:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Cc: Miklos Szeredi, stable, linux-unionfs, Chris Mason, Josef Bacik
From: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
commit 4f61ff2ebfb3d2967b83b6a4d456242244d5a61f upstream.
Renames made directly on the upper filesystem during a lookup crash the
kernel.
A dentry that is passed to vfs_setxattr() must be pinned.
ovl_fix_origin() passes upper->d_parent to ovl_set_impure() without a
reference, and the lookup holds no lock of the upper directory. A
rename on the upper filesystem changes d_parent, and only the child
pins the new parent, so a second rename and an rmdir free it.
With delays in ovl_fix_origin() and ovl_set_impure(), renaming the upper
directory twice and removing the intermediate parent during the lookup
of a merge directory without an origin xattr gave a KASAN
use-after-free in vfs_setxattr().
Fix this by passing the upper dentry that the overlay parent holds.
Fixes: 9678e6303057 ("ovl: fix inconsistent d_ino for legacy merge dir")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <mason@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Josef Bacik <josef@toxicpanda.com>
[amir: add helper ovl_set_impure_dir()]
Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
---
[ backport: context: ovl_fix_origin() calls ovl_set_origin() ]
fs/overlayfs/namei.c | 6 ++++--
fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h | 6 ++++++
2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -883,8 +883,10 @@ static int ovl_fix_origin(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *dentry,
return err;
err = ovl_set_origin(ofs, lower, upper);
- if (!err)
- err = ovl_set_impure(dentry->d_parent, upper->d_parent);
+ if (!err) {
+ /* upper->d_parent is not stable, use the overlay parent */
+ err = ovl_set_impure_dir(dentry->d_parent);
+ }
ovl_drop_write(dentry);
return err;
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
--- a/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h
@@ -492,6 +492,12 @@ int ovl_check_setxattr(struct ovl_fs *ofs, struct dentry *upperdentry,
enum ovl_xattr ox, const void *value, size_t size,
int xerr);
int ovl_set_impure(struct dentry *dentry, struct dentry *upperdentry);
+
+static inline int ovl_set_impure_dir(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+ return ovl_set_impure(dentry, ovl_dentry_upper(dentry));
+}
+
bool ovl_inuse_trylock(struct dentry *dentry);
void ovl_inuse_unlock(struct dentry *dentry);
bool ovl_is_inuse(struct dentry *dentry);
--
backport
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