From: youngjun <her0gyugyu@gmail.com> commit 24f14009b8f1754ec2ae4c168940c01259b0f88a upstream. When "ovl_is_inuse" true case, trap inode reference not put. plus adding the comment explaining sequence of ovl_is_inuse after ovl_setup_trap. Fixes: 0be0bfd2de9d ("ovl: fix regression caused by overlapping layers detection") Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v4.19+ Reviewed-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: youngjun <her0gyugyu@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> --- fs/overlayfs/super.c | 11 ++++++++++- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c index 2859caffa4dc..c5aa30aa902d 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c @@ -1368,14 +1368,23 @@ static int ovl_get_layers(struct super_block *sb, struct ovl_fs *ofs, if (err < 0) goto out; + /* + * Check if lower root conflicts with this overlay layers before + * checking if it is in-use as upperdir/workdir of "another" + * mount, because we do not bother to check in ovl_is_inuse() if + * the upperdir/workdir is in fact in-use by our + * upperdir/workdir. + */ err = ovl_setup_trap(sb, stack[i].dentry, &trap, "lowerdir"); if (err) goto out; if (ovl_is_inuse(stack[i].dentry)) { err = ovl_report_in_use(ofs, "lowerdir"); - if (err) + if (err) { + iput(trap); goto out; + } } mnt = clone_private_mount(&stack[i]); -- 2.25.1