FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ovl: check whiteout in ovl_create_over_whiteout()" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ovl: check whiteout in ovl_create_over_whiteout()" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From 5e1275808630ea3b2c97c776f40e475017535f72 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 12:15:23 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] ovl: check whiteout in ovl_create_over_whiteout()

Kaixuxia repors that it's possible to crash overlayfs by removing the
whiteout on the upper layer before creating a directory over it.  This is a
reproducer:

 mkdir lower upper work merge
 touch lower/file
 mount -t overlay overlay -olowerdir=lower,upperdir=upper,workdir=work merge
 rm merge/file
 ls -al merge/file
 rm upper/file
 ls -al merge/
 mkdir merge/file

Before commencing with a vfs_rename(..., RENAME_EXCHANGE) verify that the
lookup of "upper" is positive and is a whiteout, and return ESTALE
otherwise.

Reported by: kaixuxia <xiakaixu1987@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com>
Fixes: e9be9d5e76e3 ("overlay filesystem")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.18

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index ce1857fb5434..c6289147c787 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -462,6 +462,10 @@ static int ovl_create_over_whiteout(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
 	if (IS_ERR(upper))
 		goto out_unlock;
 
+	err = -ESTALE;
+	if (d_is_negative(upper) || !IS_WHITEOUT(d_inode(upper)))
+		goto out_dput;
+
 	newdentry = ovl_create_temp(workdir, cattr);
 	err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
 	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))

Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ovl: check whiteout in ovl_create_over_whiteout()" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[Miklos Szeredi]

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On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 1:08 AM <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
>
> The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
> If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

Attaching backport.  Should also apply cleanly to v4.10..v4.17.

Thanks,
Miklos

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Re: FAILED: patch "[PATCH] ovl: check whiteout in ovl_create_over_whiteout()" failed to apply to 4.14-stable tree

[Greg Kroah-Hartman]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 10:40:09AM +0100, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2018 at 1:08 AM <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> >
> >
> > The patch below does not apply to the 4.14-stable tree.
> > If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
> > tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
> > id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.
> 
> Attaching backport.  Should also apply cleanly to v4.10..v4.17.

Now applied, thanks.

greg k-h