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1 files changed, 30 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 06dc649629c7..9fa64dbde97a 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -561,28 +561,42 @@ static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
goto out_revert_creds;
}
- err = -ENOMEM;
- override_cred = prepare_creds();
- if (override_cred) {
+ if (!attr->hardlink) {
+ err = -ENOMEM;
+ override_cred = prepare_creds();
+ if (!override_cred)
+ goto out_revert_creds;
+ /*
+ * In the creation cases(create, mkdir, mknod, symlink),
+ * ovl should transfer current's fs{u,g}id to underlying
+ * fs. Because underlying fs want to initialize its new
+ * inode owner using current's fs{u,g}id. And in this
+ * case, the @inode is a new inode that is initialized
+ * in inode_init_owner() to current's fs{u,g}id. So use
+ * the inode's i_{u,g}id to override the cred's fs{u,g}id.
+ *
+ * But in the other hardlink case, ovl_link() does not
+ * create a new inode, so just use the ovl mounter's
+ * fs{u,g}id.
+ */
override_cred->fsuid = inode->i_uid;
override_cred->fsgid = inode->i_gid;
- if (!attr->hardlink) {
- err = security_dentry_create_files_as(dentry,
- attr->mode, &dentry->d_name, old_cred,
- override_cred);
- if (err) {
- put_cred(override_cred);
- goto out_revert_creds;
- }
+ err = security_dentry_create_files_as(dentry,
+ attr->mode, &dentry->d_name, old_cred,
+ override_cred);
+ if (err) {
+ put_cred(override_cred);
+ goto out_revert_creds;
}
put_cred(override_creds(override_cred));
put_cred(override_cred);
-
- if (!ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(dentry))
- err = ovl_create_upper(dentry, inode, attr);
- else
- err = ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, attr);
}
+
+ if (!ovl_dentry_is_whiteout(dentry))
+ err = ovl_create_upper(dentry, inode, attr);
+ else
+ err = ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, attr);
+
out_revert_creds:
revert_creds(old_cred);
return err;