Replace the override_creds_light()/revert_creds_light() pairs of operations with cred_guard()/cred_scoped_guard(). In ovl_nlink_start() use cred_scoped_guard(), because of 'goto', which can cause the cleanup flow to run on garbage memory. Signed-off-by: Vinicius Costa Gomes <vinicius.gomes@xxxxxxxxx> --- fs/overlayfs/util.c | 24 ++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/util.c b/fs/overlayfs/util.c index 80caeb81c727..77b8d01829a4 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/util.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/util.c @@ -1140,7 +1140,6 @@ static void ovl_cleanup_index(struct dentry *dentry) int ovl_nlink_start(struct dentry *dentry) { struct inode *inode = d_inode(dentry); - const struct cred *old_cred; int err; if (WARN_ON(!inode)) @@ -1177,15 +1176,15 @@ int ovl_nlink_start(struct dentry *dentry) if (d_is_dir(dentry) || !ovl_test_flag(OVL_INDEX, inode)) return 0; - old_cred = ovl_override_creds_light(dentry->d_sb); - /* - * The overlay inode nlink should be incremented/decremented IFF the - * upper operation succeeds, along with nlink change of upper inode. - * Therefore, before link/unlink/rename, we store the union nlink - * value relative to the upper inode nlink in an upper inode xattr. - */ - err = ovl_set_nlink_upper(dentry); - revert_creds_light(old_cred); + cred_scoped_guard(ovl_creds(dentry->d_sb)) { + /* + * The overlay inode nlink should be incremented/decremented IFF the + * upper operation succeeds, along with nlink change of upper inode. + * Therefore, before link/unlink/rename, we store the union nlink + * value relative to the upper inode nlink in an upper inode xattr. + */ + err = ovl_set_nlink_upper(dentry); + } if (err) goto out_drop_write; @@ -1206,11 +1205,8 @@ void ovl_nlink_end(struct dentry *dentry) ovl_drop_write(dentry); if (ovl_test_flag(OVL_INDEX, inode) && inode->i_nlink == 0) { - const struct cred *old_cred; - - old_cred = ovl_override_creds_light(dentry->d_sb); + cred_guard(ovl_creds(dentry->d_sb)); ovl_cleanup_index(dentry); - revert_creds_light(old_cred); } ovl_inode_unlock(inode); -- 2.46.0