Hello, syzbot has tested the proposed patch and the reproducer did not trigger any issue: Reported-and-tested-by: syzbot+3abd99031b42acf367ef@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tested on: commit: a8d73a85 ovl: relax WARN_ON in ovl_verify_area() git tree: https://github.com/amir73il/linux ovl-fixes console output: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/log.txt?x=14d627b6180000 kernel config: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/x/.config?x=2271d60b0617d474 dashboard link: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3abd99031b42acf367ef compiler: Debian clang version 15.0.6, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.40 userspace arch: arm64 Note: no patches were applied. Note: testing is done by a robot and is best-effort only.