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2026-08-17Merge tag 'vfs-7.3-rc1.ovl' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-9/+8
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs Pull overlayfs updates from Christian Brauner: "This lets the merged overlayfs mount itself be idmapped through mount_setattr(MOUNT_ATTR_IDMAP), in addition to the already supported idmapped lower and upper layers. The same overlay tree can then be exposed under a different ownership view. Overlayfs already normalizes every underlying id through the relevant layer idmap when ovl_copyattr() copies attributes into the overlay inode. So the overlay inode's i_uid and i_gid are overlay-final ids. The overlay mount idmap composes on top of that and is applied at the overlay-inode boundary only while the underlying layers keep being accessed with the mounter's credentials through their own (possibly idmapped) mounts. So this only changes how the caller sees the overlay inode and never widens the mounter's access to the layers. The second, mounter-credential check in ovl_permission() against the real inode stays on the layer idmap. Most paths need no change because the VFS applies the mount idmap to the overlay inode before overlayfs runs or after it returns at the syscall boundary. Overlayfs only has to change where it bypasses the generic path. This also included is a fix for a double end_creating() on the overlayfs casefold-mismatch path" * tag 'vfs-7.3-rc1.ovl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: ovl: fix double end_creating() on the casefold-mismatch path ovl: document security.capability idmapping on the xattr forward paths selftests/filesystems/overlayfs: test idmapped overlay mounts selftests/filesystems/overlayfs: fix set_layers_via_fds link error docs: document idmapped overlay mounts ovl: allow idmapping overlay mounts ovl: handle idmapped mounts in ovl_set_acl() ovl: handle idmapped mounts in ovl_getattr() ovl: handle idmapped mounts in ovl_setattr() ovl: handle idmapped mounts in ovl_permission() ovl: handle idmapped mounts in ovl_create_object() and ovl_tmpfile()
2026-08-12ovl: fix double end_creating() on the casefold-mismatch pathVivek Parikh1-1/+0
ovl_create_real() releases the new dentry twice when the casefold consistency check fails. The S_IFDIR branch calls end_creating() and sets err, then falls through to the common out: label which calls end_creating() on the same dentry again: case S_IFDIR: newdentry = ovl_do_mkdir(ofs, dir, newdentry, attr->mode); err = PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(newdentry); if (!err && ofs->casefold != ovl_dentry_casefolded(newdentry)) { pr_warn_ratelimited(...); end_creating(newdentry); /* first */ err = -EINVAL; } break; ... if (err) goto out; ... out: if (err) { end_creating(newdentry); /* second, same dentry */ return ERR_PTR(err); } end_creating() is end_dirop(), which does inode_unlock() on the parent and dput() on the dentry, so the parent directory's i_rwsem is unlocked twice and the dentry is put twice. The second unlock releases a lock that is not held, which is what wedges every later creation under that parent, and the second dput() drops a reference that was never taken. The branch was added by commit dfc7da402ccc ("ovl: Check for casefold consistency when creating new dentries") as a bare dput(), which already released the reference twice; commit fe497f0759e0 ("VFS: change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure.") converted both sites to end_creating(), adding the double unlock. This is reachable by an unprivileged user. The casefold consistency of the layers is validated at mount time in ovl_parse_layer(), and again on every lookup in ovl_lookup_single(), but ofs->workdir is the internal "work" subdirectory created inside the user-supplied workdir, and that subdirectory is not re-checked. Marking it casefolded after the mount therefore makes every ovl_create_temp() inherit the wrong state - and that path reaches ovl_create_real() through ovl_start_creating_temp(), which uses start_creating() with a generated name and so never runs the lookup-time check. unshare -Urm mount -t tmpfs -o casefold=utf8-12.1.0 tmpfs mnt mkdir -p mnt/lower/d mnt/upper mnt/work mnt/merged mount -t overlay ovl -o lowerdir=mnt/lower,\ upperdir=mnt/upper,workdir=mnt/work mnt/merged chattr +F mnt/work/work mkdir mnt/merged/d/sub # directory copy-up overlayfs: wrong inherited casefold (work/#5) and the next copy-up blocks forever on the parent's i_rwsem: mkdir D start_creating+0x65/0xb0 ovl_start_creating_temp+0xb0/0xe0 [overlay] ovl_create_temp+0xa3/0x1d0 [overlay] ovl_copy_up_one+0x1f1c/0x21c0 [overlay] ovl_copy_up_flags+0xf5/0x140 [overlay] ovl_create_object+0xb7/0x220 [overlay] ovl_mkdir+0x23/0x40 [overlay] Drop the end_creating() from the branch and let out: own the cleanup, which is what every other error path in this function already does. Fixes: dfc7da402ccc ("ovl: Check for casefold consistency when creating new dentries") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Vivek Parikh <vivek.parikh@breachx.ai> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-07-31Remove excl arg to ->create inode_operationNeilBrown1-1/+1
The only time that 'false' is passed as the 'excl' arg to the ->create inode_operation is in lookup_open() when ->atomic_open is not provided by the parent directory. *all* directory inode_operations which do not have ->atomic_open completely ignore the 'excl' arg. Therefore we don't need the 'excl' arg. Those few ->create operations which pay attention to the arg are only ever called with a value of 'true'. We remove that arg and change all ->create operations to behave as those thhe arg were 'true'. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/178290671516.27465.15984496764174914338@noble.neil.brown.name Reviewed-by: Jori Koolstra <jkoolstra@xs4all.nl> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-06-29ovl: handle idmapped mounts in ovl_create_object() and ovl_tmpfile()Christian Brauner1-8/+8
In preparation for allowing the overlay mount itself to be idmapped, thread the mount's struct mnt_idmap into the inode creation path and use it for inode_init_owner() instead of the hardcoded &nop_mnt_idmap. The preallocated overlay inode's i_{u,g}id are copied into the override credentials by ovl_override_creator_creds() to create the real upper inode, so honoring the overlay mount idmap here makes newly created files, directories, special files, symlinks and tmpfiles get the caller's mapped fs{u,g}id once overlay mounts can be idmapped. No functional change: until FS_ALLOW_IDMAP is set on ovl_fs_type the overlay mount idmap is always &nop_mnt_idmap, so inode_init_owner() behaves exactly as before. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260615-work-idmapped-overlayfs-v1-1-7381632aa402@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-04-21Merge tag 'pull-dcache-busy-wait' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs Pull dcache busy loop updates from Al Viro: "Fix livelocks in shrink_dcache_tree() If shrink_dcache_tree() finds a dentry in the middle of being killed by another thread, it has to wait until the victim finishes dying, gets detached from the tree and ceases to pin its parent. The way we used to deal with that amounted to busy-wait; unfortunately, it's not just inefficient but can lead to reliably reproducible hard livelocks. Solved by having shrink_dentry_tree() attach a completion to such dentry, with dentry_unlist() calling complete() on all objects attached to it. With a bit of care it can be done without growing struct dentry or adding overhead in normal case" * tag 'pull-dcache-busy-wait' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs: get rid of busy-waiting in shrink_dcache_tree() dcache.c: more idiomatic "positives are not allowed" sanity checks struct dentry: make ->d_u anonymous for_each_alias(): helper macro for iterating through dentries of given inode
2026-04-13Merge tag 'lsm-pr-20260410' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-1/+1
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/lsm Pull LSM updates from Paul Moore: "We only have five patches in the LSM tree, but three of the five are for an important bugfix relating to overlayfs and the mmap() and mprotect() access controls for LSMs. Highlights below: - Fix problems with the mmap() and mprotect() LSM hooks on overlayfs As we are dealing with problems both in mmap() and mprotect() there are essentially two components to this fix, spread across three patches with all marked for stable. The simplest portion of the fix is the creation of a new LSM hook, security_mmap_backing_file(), that is used to enforce LSM mmap() access controls on backing files in the stacked/overlayfs case. The existing security_mmap_file() does not have visibility past the user file. You can see from the associated SELinux hook callback the code is fairly straightforward. The mprotect() fix is a bit more complicated as there is no way in the mprotect() code path to inspect both the user and backing files, and bolting on a second file reference to vm_area_struct wasn't really an option. The solution taken here adds a LSM security blob and associated hooks to the backing_file struct that LSMs can use to capture and store relevant information from the user file. While the necessary SELinux information is relatively small, a single u32, I expect other LSMs to require more than that, and a dedicated backing_file LSM blob provides a storage mechanism without negatively impacting other filesystems. I want to note that other LSMs beyond SELinux have been involved in the discussion of the fixes presented here and they are working on their own related changes using these new hooks, but due to other issues those patches will be coming at a later date. - Use kstrdup_const()/kfree_const() for securityfs symlink targets - Resolve a handful of kernel-doc warnings in cred.h" * tag 'lsm-pr-20260410' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/pcmoore/lsm: selinux: fix overlayfs mmap() and mprotect() access checks lsm: add backing_file LSM hooks fs: prepare for adding LSM blob to backing_file securityfs: use kstrdup_const() to manage symlink targets cred: fix kernel-doc warnings in cred.h
2026-04-03lsm: add backing_file LSM hooksPaul Moore1-1/+1
Stacked filesystems such as overlayfs do not currently provide the necessary mechanisms for LSMs to properly enforce access controls on the mmap() and mprotect() operations. In order to resolve this gap, a LSM security blob is being added to the backing_file struct and the following new LSM hooks are being created: security_backing_file_alloc() security_backing_file_free() security_mmap_backing_file() The first two hooks are to manage the lifecycle of the LSM security blob in the backing_file struct, while the third provides a new mmap() access control point for the underlying backing file. It is also expected that LSMs will likely want to update their security_file_mprotect() callback to address issues with their mprotect() controls, but that does not require a change to the security_file_mprotect() LSM hook. There are a three other small changes to support these new LSM hooks: * Pass the user file associated with a backing file down to alloc_empty_backing_file() so it can be included in the security_backing_file_alloc() hook. * Add getter and setter functions for the backing_file struct LSM blob as the backing_file struct remains private to fs/file_table.c. * Constify the file struct field in the LSM common_audit_data struct to better support LSMs that need to pass a const file struct pointer into the common LSM audit code. Thanks to Arnd Bergmann for identifying the missing EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and supplying a fixup. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-unionfs@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Serge Hallyn <serge@hallyn.com> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com>
2026-04-02for_each_alias(): helper macro for iterating through dentries of given inodeAl Viro1-1/+1
Most of the places using d_alias are loops iterating through all aliases for given inode; introduce a helper macro (for_each_alias(dentry, inode)) and convert open-coded instances of such loop to it. They are easier to read that way and it reduces the noise on the next steps. You _must_ hold inode->i_lock over that thing. Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
2026-03-09ovl: change ovl_create_real() to get a new lock when re-opening created file.NeilBrown1-12/+25
When ovl_create_real() is used to create a file on the upper filesystem it needs to return the resulting dentry - positive and hashed. It is usually the case the that dentry passed to the create function (e.g. vfs_create()) will be suitable but this is not guaranteed. The filesystem may unhash that dentry forcing a repeat lookup next time the name is wanted. So ovl_create_real() must be (and is) aware of this and prepared to perform that lookup to get a hash positive dentry. This is currently done under that same directory lock that provided exclusion for the create. Proposed changes to locking will make this not possible - as the name, rather than the directory, will be locked. The new APIs provided for lookup and locking do not and cannot support this pattern. The lock isn't needed. ovl_create_real() can drop the lock and then get a new lock for the lookup - then check that the lookup returned the correct inode. In a well-behaved configuration where the upper filesystem is not being modified by a third party, this will always work reliably, and if there are separate modification it will fail cleanly. So change ovl_create_real() to drop the lock and call ovl_start_creating_upper() to find the correct dentry. Note that start_creating doesn't fail if the name already exists. The lookup previously used the name from newdentry which was guaranteed to be stable because the parent directory was locked. As we now drop the lock we lose that guarantee. As newdentry is unhashed it is unlikely for the name to change, but safest not to depend on that. So the expected name is now passed in to ovl_create_real() and that is used. This removes the only remaining use of ovl_lookup_upper, so it is removed. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224222542.3458677-13-neilb@ownmail.net Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2026-03-09ovl: pass name buffer to ovl_start_creating_temp()NeilBrown1-6/+8
Now ovl_start_creating_temp() is passed a buffer in which to store the temp name. This will be useful in a future patch were ovl_create_real() will need access to that name. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260224222542.3458677-12-neilb@ownmail.net Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-12-05ovl: pass original credentials, not mounter credentials during createChristian Brauner1-8/+12
When creating new files the security layer expects the original credentials to be passed. When cleaning up the code this was accidently changed to pass the mounter's credentials by relying on current->cred which is already overriden at this point. Pass the original credentials directly. Reported-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com> Reported-by: Paul Moore <paul@paul-moore.com> Fixes: e566bff96322 ("ovl: port ovl_create_or_link() to new ovl_override_creator_creds") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/CAFqZXNvL1ciLXMhHrnoyBmQu1PAApH41LkSWEhrcvzAAbFij8Q@mail.gmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Tested-by: Ondrej Mosnacek <omosnace@redhat.com> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2025-12-01Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.ovl' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-173/+191
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs Pull overlayfs cred guard conversion from Christian Brauner: "This converts all of overlayfs to use credential guards, eliminating manual credential management throughout the filesystem. Credential guard conversion: - Convert all of overlayfs to use credential guards, replacing the manual ovl_override_creds()/ovl_revert_creds() pattern with scoped guards. This makes credential handling visually explicit and eliminates a class of potential bugs from mismatched override/revert calls. (1) Basic credential guard (with_ovl_creds) (2) Creator credential guard (ovl_override_creator_creds): Introduced a specialized guard for file creation operations that handles the two-phase credential override (mounter credentials, then fs{g,u}id override). The new pattern is much clearer: with_ovl_creds(dentry->d_sb) { scoped_class(prepare_creds_ovl, cred, dentry, inode, mode) { if (IS_ERR(cred)) return PTR_ERR(cred); /* creation operations */ } } (3) Copy-up credential guard (ovl_cu_creds): Introduced a specialized guard for copy-up operations, simplifying the previous struct ovl_cu_creds helper and associated functions. Ported ovl_copy_up_workdir() and ovl_copy_up_tmpfile() to this pattern. Cleanups: - Remove ovl_revert_creds() after all callers converted to guards - Remove struct ovl_cu_creds and associated functions - Drop ovl_setup_cred_for_create() after conversion - Refactor ovl_fill_super(), ovl_lookup(), ovl_iterate(), ovl_rename() for cleaner credential guard scope - Introduce struct ovl_renamedata to simplify rename handling - Don't override credentials for ovl_check_whiteouts() (unnecessary) - Remove unneeded semicolon" * tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.ovl' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: (54 commits) ovl: remove unneeded semicolon ovl: remove struct ovl_cu_creds and associated functions ovl: port ovl_copy_up_tmpfile() to cred guard ovl: mark *_cu_creds() as unused temporarily ovl: port ovl_copy_up_workdir() to cred guard ovl: add copy up credential guard ovl: drop ovl_setup_cred_for_create() ovl: port ovl_create_or_link() to new ovl_override_creator_creds cleanup guard ovl: mark ovl_setup_cred_for_create() as unused temporarily ovl: reflow ovl_create_or_link() ovl: port ovl_create_tmpfile() to new ovl_override_creator_creds cleanup guard ovl: add ovl_override_creator_creds cred guard ovl: remove ovl_revert_creds() ovl: port ovl_fill_super() to cred guard ovl: refactor ovl_fill_super() ovl: port ovl_lower_positive() to cred guard ovl: port ovl_lookup() to cred guard ovl: refactor ovl_lookup() ovl: port ovl_copyfile() to cred guard ovl: port ovl_rename() to cred guard ...
2025-12-01Merge tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.directory.locking' of ↵Linus Torvalds1-123/+118
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs Pull directory locking updates from Christian Brauner: "This contains the work to add centralized APIs for directory locking operations. This series is part of a larger effort to change directory operation locking to allow multiple concurrent operations in a directory. The ultimate goal is to lock the target dentry(s) rather than the whole parent directory. To help with changing the locking protocol, this series centralizes locking and lookup in new helper functions. The helpers establish a pattern where it is the dentry that is being locked and unlocked (currently the lock is held on dentry->d_parent->d_inode, but that can change in the future). This also changes vfs_mkdir() to unlock the parent on failure, as well as dput()ing the dentry. This allows end_creating() to only require the target dentry (which may be IS_ERR() after vfs_mkdir()), not the parent" * tag 'vfs-6.19-rc1.directory.locking' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs: nfsd: fix end_creating() conversion VFS: introduce end_creating_keep() VFS: change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure. ecryptfs: use new start_creating/start_removing APIs Add start_renaming_two_dentries() VFS/ovl/smb: introduce start_renaming_dentry() VFS/nfsd/ovl: introduce start_renaming() and end_renaming() VFS: add start_creating_killable() and start_removing_killable() VFS: introduce start_removing_dentry() smb/server: use end_removing_noperm for for target of smb2_create_link() VFS: introduce start_creating_noperm() and start_removing_noperm() VFS/nfsd/cachefiles/ovl: introduce start_removing() and end_removing() VFS/nfsd/cachefiles/ovl: add start_creating() and end_creating() VFS: tidy up do_unlinkat() VFS: introduce start_dirop() and end_dirop() debugfs: rename end_creating() to debugfs_end_creating()
2025-11-28ovl: remove unneeded semicolonChen Ni1-1/+1
Remove unnecessary semicolons reported by Coccinelle/coccicheck and the semantic patch at scripts/coccinelle/misc/semicolon.cocci. Signed-off-by: Chen Ni <nichen@iscas.ac.cn> Fixed: 7ab96df840e60 ("VFS/nfsd/cachefiles/ovl: add start_creating() and end_creating()") Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: drop ovl_setup_cred_for_create()Christian Brauner1-33/+0
It is now unused and can be removed. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-prepare-v2-6-bd1c97a36d7b@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: port ovl_create_or_link() to new ovl_override_creator_creds cleanup guardChristian Brauner1-7/+6
This clearly indicates the double-credential override and makes the code a lot easier to grasp with one glance. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-prepare-v2-5-bd1c97a36d7b@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: mark ovl_setup_cred_for_create() as unused temporarilyChristian Brauner1-1/+1
The function will become unused in the next patch. We'll remove it in later patches to keep the diff legible. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-prepare-v2-4-bd1c97a36d7b@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: reflow ovl_create_or_link()Christian Brauner1-21/+30
Reflow the creation routine in preparation of porting it to a guard. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-prepare-v2-3-bd1c97a36d7b@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: port ovl_create_tmpfile() to new ovl_override_creator_creds cleanup guardChristian Brauner1-25/+25
This clearly indicates the double-credential override and makes the code a lot easier to grasp with one glance. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-prepare-v2-2-bd1c97a36d7b@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: add ovl_override_creator_creds cred guardChristian Brauner1-0/+36
The current code to override credentials for creation operations is pretty difficult to understand. We effectively override the credentials twice: (1) override with the mounter's credentials (2) copy the mounts credentials and override the fs{g,u}id with the inode {u,g}id And then we elide the revert because it would be an idempotent revert. That elision doesn't buy us anything anymore though because I've made it all work without any reference counting anyway. All it does is mix the two credential overrides together. We can use a cleanup guard to clarify the creation codepaths and make them easier to understand. This just introduces the cleanup guard keeping the patch reviewable. We'll convert the caller in follow-up patches and then drop the duplicated code. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-prepare-v2-1-bd1c97a36d7b@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: port ovl_rename() to cred guardChristian Brauner1-11/+6
Use the scoped ovl cred guard. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-v4-35-b31603935724@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: refactor ovl_rename()Christian Brauner1-57/+78
Extract the code that runs under overridden credentials into a separate ovl_rename_upper() helper function and the code that runs before/after to ovl_rename_start/end(). Error handling is simplified. The helpers returns errors directly instead of using goto labels. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-v4-34-b31603935724@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: introduce struct ovl_renamedataChristian Brauner1-33/+45
Add a struct ovl_renamedata to group rename-related state that was previously stored in local variables. Embedd struct renamedata directly aligning with the vfs. Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-v4-33-b31603935724@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: port ovl_create_tmpfile() to cred guardChristian Brauner1-32/+26
Use the scoped ovl cred guard. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-v4-6-b31603935724@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: port ovl_do_remove() to cred guardChristian Brauner1-7/+6
Use the scoped ovl cred guard. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-v4-5-b31603935724@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: port ovl_set_link_redirect() to cred guardChristian Brauner1-8/+2
Use the scoped ovl cred guard. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-v4-4-b31603935724@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-19ovl: port ovl_create_or_link() to cred guardChristian Brauner1-39/+31
Use the scoped ovl cred guard. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251117-work-ovl-cred-guard-v4-3-b31603935724@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-14VFS: introduce end_creating_keep()NeilBrown1-6/+2
Occasionally the caller of end_creating() wants to keep using the dentry. Rather then requiring them to dget() the dentry (when not an error) before calling end_creating(), provide end_creating_keep() which does this. cachefiles and overlayfs make use of this. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-16-neilb@ownmail.net Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-14VFS: change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure.NeilBrown1-10/+8
vfs_mkdir() already drops the reference to the dentry on failure but it leaves the parent locked. This complicates end_creating() which needs to unlock the parent even though the dentry is no longer available. If we change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure as well as releasing the dentry, we can remove the "parent" arg from end_creating() and simplify the rules for calling it. Note that cachefiles_get_directory() can choose to substitute an error instead of actually calling vfs_mkdir(), for fault injection. In that case it needs to call end_creating(), just as vfs_mkdir() now does on error. ovl_create_real() will now unlock on error. So the conditional end_creating() after the call is removed, and end_creating() is called internally on error. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-15-neilb@ownmail.net Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-14Add start_renaming_two_dentries()NeilBrown1-14/+29
A few callers want to lock for a rename and already have both dentries. Also debugfs does want to perform a lookup but doesn't want permission checking, so start_renaming_dentry() cannot be used. This patch introduces start_renaming_two_dentries() which is given both dentries. debugfs performs one lookup itself. As it will only continue with a negative dentry and as those cannot be renamed or unlinked, it is safe to do the lookup before getting the rename locks. overlayfs uses start_renaming_two_dentries() in three places and selinux uses it twice in sel_make_policy_nodes(). In sel_make_policy_nodes() we now lock for rename twice instead of just once so the combined operation is no longer atomic w.r.t the parent directory locks. As selinux_state.policy_mutex is held across the whole operation this does not open up any interesting races. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-13-neilb@ownmail.net Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-14VFS/ovl/smb: introduce start_renaming_dentry()NeilBrown1-18/+1
Several callers perform a rename on a dentry they already have, and only require lookup for the target name. This includes smb/server and a few different places in overlayfs. start_renaming_dentry() performs the required lookup and takes the required lock using lock_rename_child() It is used in three places in overlayfs and in ksmbd_vfs_rename(). In the ksmbd case, the parent of the source is not important - the source must be renamed from wherever it is. So start_renaming_dentry() allows rd->old_parent to be NULL and only checks it if it is non-NULL. On success rd->old_parent will be the parent of old_dentry with an extra reference taken. Other start_renaming function also now take the extra reference and end_renaming() now drops this reference as well. ovl_lookup_temp(), ovl_parent_lock(), and ovl_parent_unlock() are all removed as they are no longer needed. OVL_TEMPNAME_SIZE and ovl_tempname() are now declared in overlayfs.h so that ovl_check_rename_whiteout() can access them. ovl_copy_up_workdir() now always cleans up on error. Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-12-neilb@ownmail.net Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-14VFS/nfsd/ovl: introduce start_renaming() and end_renaming()NeilBrown1-42/+32
start_renaming() combines name lookup and locking to prepare for rename. It is used when two names need to be looked up as in nfsd and overlayfs - cases where one or both dentries are already available will be handled separately. __start_renaming() avoids the inode_permission check and hash calculation and is suitable after filename_parentat() in do_renameat2(). It subsumes quite a bit of code from that function. start_renaming() does calculate the hash and check X permission and is suitable elsewhere: - nfsd_rename() - ovl_rename() In ovl, ovl_do_rename_rd() is factored out of ovl_do_rename(), which itself will be gone by the end of the series. Acked-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> (for nfsd parts) Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> -- Changes since v3: - added missig dput() in ovl_rename when "whiteout" is not-NULL. Changes since v2: - in __start_renaming() some label have been renamed, and err is always set before a "goto out_foo" rather than passing the error in a dentry*. - ovl_do_rename() changed to call the new ovl_do_rename_rd() rather than keeping duplicate code - code around ovl_cleanup() call in ovl_rename() restructured. Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-11-neilb@ownmail.net Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Acked-by: Chuck Lever <chuck.lever@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-14VFS: introduce start_removing_dentry()NeilBrown1-6/+4
start_removing_dentry() is similar to start_removing() but instead of providing a name for lookup, the target dentry is given. start_removing_dentry() checks that the dentry is still hashed and in the parent, and if so it locks and increases the refcount so that end_removing() can be used to finish the operation. This is used in cachefiles, overlayfs, smb/server, and apparmor. There will be other users including ecryptfs. As start_removing_dentry() takes an extra reference to the dentry (to be put by end_removing()), there is no need to explicitly take an extra reference to stop d_delete() from using dentry_unlink_inode() to negate the dentry - as in cachefiles_delete_object(), and ksmbd_vfs_unlink(). cachefiles_bury_object() now gets an extra ref to the victim, which is drops. As it includes the needed end_removing() calls, the caller doesn't need them. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-9-neilb@ownmail.net Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-14VFS/nfsd/cachefiles/ovl: introduce start_removing() and end_removing()NeilBrown1-8/+7
start_removing() is similar to start_creating() but will only return a positive dentry with the expectation that it will be removed. This is used by nfsd, cachefiles, and overlayfs. They are changed to also use end_removing() to terminate the action begun by start_removing(). This is a simple alias for end_dirop(). Apart from changes to the error paths, as we no longer need to unlock on a lookup error, an effect on callers is that they don't need to test if the found dentry is positive or negative - they can be sure it is positive. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-6-neilb@ownmail.net Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-11-14VFS/nfsd/cachefiles/ovl: add start_creating() and end_creating()NeilBrown1-42/+58
start_creating() is similar to simple_start_creating() but is not so simple. It takes a qstr for the name, includes permission checking, and does NOT report an error if the name already exists, returning a positive dentry instead. This is currently used by nfsd, cachefiles, and overlayfs. end_creating() is called after the dentry has been used. end_creating() drops the reference to the dentry as it is generally no longer needed. This is exactly the first section of end_creating_path() so that function is changed to call the new end_creating() These calls help encapsulate locking rules so that directory locking can be changed. Occasionally this change means that the parent lock is held for a shorter period of time, for example in cachefiles_commit_tmpfile(). As this function now unlocks after an unlink and before the following lookup, it is possible that the lookup could again find a positive dentry, so a while loop is introduced there. In overlayfs the ovl_lookup_temp() function has ovl_tempname() split out to be used in ovl_start_creating_temp(). The other use of ovl_lookup_temp() is preparing for a rename. When rename handling is updated, ovl_lookup_temp() will be removed. Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20251113002050.676694-5-neilb@ownmail.net Tested-by: syzbot@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-10-20overlayfs: use the new ->i_state accessorsMateusz Guzik1-1/+1
Change generated with coccinelle and fixed up by hand as appropriate. Signed-off-by: Mateusz Guzik <mjguzik@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-09-23ovl: make sure that ovl_create_real() returns a hashed dentryAmir Goldstein1-1/+21
e8bd877fb76bb9f3 ("ovl: fix possible double unlink") added a sanity check of !d_unhashed(child) to try to verify that child dentry was not unlinked while parent dir was unlocked. This "was not unlink" check has a false positive result in the case of casefolded parent dir, because in that case, ovl_create_temp() returns an unhashed dentry after ovl_create_real() gets an unhashed dentry from ovl_lookup_upper() and makes it positive. To avoid returning unhashed dentry from ovl_create_temp(), let ovl_create_real() lookup again after making the newdentry positive, so it always returns a hashed positive dentry (or an error). This fixes the error in ovl_parent_lock() in ovl_check_rename_whiteout() after ovl_create_temp() and allows mount of overlayfs with casefolding enabled layers. Reported-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/18704e8c-c734-43f3-bc7c-b8be345e1bf5@igalia.com/ Suggested-by: Neil Brown <neil@brown.name> Reviewed-by: Neil Brown <neil@brown.name> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
2025-09-23ovl: Check for casefold consistency when creating new dentriesAndré Almeida1-0/+7
In a overlayfs with casefold enabled, all new dentries should have casefold enabled as well. Check this at ovl_create_real(). Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: André Almeida <andrealmeid@igalia.com> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
2025-08-18ovl: use I_MUTEX_PARENT when locking parent in ovl_create_temp()NeilBrown1-1/+1
ovl_create_temp() treats "workdir" as a parent in which it creates an object so it should use I_MUTEX_PARENT. Prior to the commit identified below the lock was taken by the caller which sometimes used I_MUTEX_PARENT and sometimes used I_MUTEX_NORMAL. The use of I_MUTEX_NORMAL was incorrect but unfortunately copied into ovl_create_temp(). Note to backporters: This patch only applies after the last Fixes given below (post v6.16). To fix the bug in v6.7 and later the inode_lock() call in ovl_copy_up_workdir() needs to nest using I_MUTEX_PARENT. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/67a72070.050a0220.3d72c.0022.GAE@google.com/ Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Reported-by: syzbot+7836a68852a10ec3d790@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Tested-by: syzbot+7836a68852a10ec3d790@syzkaller.appspotmail.com Fixes: c63e56a4a652 ("ovl: do not open/llseek lower file with upper sb_writers held") Fixes: d2c995581c7c ("ovl: Call ovl_create_temp() without lock held.") Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com>
2025-07-25ovl: properly print correct variableAntonio Quartulli1-2/+3
In case of ovl_lookup_temp() failure, we currently print `err` which is actually not initialized at all. Instead, properly print PTR_ERR(whiteout) which is where the actual error really is. Address-Coverity-ID: 1647983 ("Uninitialized variables (UNINIT)") Fixes: 8afa0a7367138 ("ovl: narrow locking in ovl_whiteout()") Signed-off-by: Antonio Quartulli <antonio@mandelbit.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250721203821.7812-1-antonio@mandelbit.com Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: rename ovl_cleanup_unlocked() to ovl_cleanup()NeilBrown1-13/+14
The only remaining user of ovl_cleanup() is ovl_cleanup_locked(), so we no longer need both. This patch renames ovl_cleanup() to ovl_cleanup_locked() and makes it static. ovl_cleanup_unlocked() is renamed to ovl_cleanup(). Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-22-neil@brown.name Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: change ovl_create_real() to receive dentry parentNeilBrown1-3/+4
Instead of passing an inode *dir, pass a dentry *parent. This makes the calling slightly cleaner. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-21-neil@brown.name Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: narrow locking in ovl_whiteout()NeilBrown1-20/+24
ovl_whiteout() relies on the workdir i_rwsem to provide exclusive access to ofs->whiteout which it manipulates. Rather than depending on this, add a new mutex, "whiteout_lock" to explicitly provide the required locking. Use guard(mutex) for this so that we can return without needing to explicitly unlock. Then take the lock on workdir only when needed - to lookup the temp name and to do the whiteout or link. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-19-neil@brown.name Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: change ovl_cleanup_and_whiteout() to take rename lock as neededNeilBrown1-11/+9
Rather than locking the directory(s) before calling ovl_cleanup_and_whiteout(), change it (and ovl_whiteout()) to do the locking, so the locking can be fine grained as will be needed for proposed locking changes. Sometimes this is called to whiteout something in the index dir, in which case only that dir must be locked. In one case it is called on something in an upperdir, so two directories must be locked. We use ovl_lock_rename_workdir() for this and remove the restriction that upperdir cannot be indexdir - because now sometimes it is. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-18-neil@brown.name Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: narrow locking on ovl_remove_and_whiteout()NeilBrown1-13/+10
This code: performs a lookup_upper creates a whiteout object renames the whiteout over the result of the lookup The create and the rename must be locked separately for proposed directory locking changes. This patch takes a first step of moving the lookup out of the locked region. A subsequent patch will separate the create from the rename. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-17-neil@brown.name Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: narrow locking in ovl_rename()NeilBrown1-4/+7
Drop the rename lock immediately after the rename, and use ovl_cleanup_unlocked() for cleanup. This makes way for future changes where locks are taken on individual dentries rather than the whole directory. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-10-neil@brown.name Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: simplify gotos in ovl_rename()NeilBrown1-27/+27
Rather than having three separate goto label: out_unlock, out_dput_old, and out_dput, make use of that fact that dput() happily accepts a NULL pointer to reduce this to just one goto label: out_unlock. olddentry and newdentry are initialised to NULL and only set once a value dentry is found. They are then dput() late in the function. Suggested-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-9-neil@brown.name Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: narrow locking in ovl_create_over_whiteout()NeilBrown1-7/+6
Unlock the parents immediately after the rename, and use ovl_cleanup_unlocked() for cleanup, which takes a separate lock. This makes way for future changes where locks are taken on individual dentries rather than the whole directory. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-8-neil@brown.name Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: narrow locking in ovl_clear_empty()NeilBrown1-4/+3
Drop the locks immediately after rename, and use a separate lock for cleanup. This makes way for future changes where locks are taken on individual dentries rather than the whole directory. Note that ovl_cleanup_whiteouts() operates on "upper", a child of "upperdir" and does not require upperdir or workdir to be locked. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-7-neil@brown.name Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
2025-07-18ovl: narrow locking in ovl_create_upper()NeilBrown1-7/+5
Drop the directory lock immediately after the ovl_create_real() call and take a separate lock later for cleanup in ovl_cleanup_unlocked() - if needed. This makes way for future changes where locks are taken on individual dentries rather than the whole directory. Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neil@brown.name> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250716004725.1206467-6-neil@brown.name Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>