The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree. If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit id to <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>. thanks, greg k-h ------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------ >From b81de061fa59f17d2730aabb1b84419ef3913810 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 16:21:29 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] ovl: copy new uid/gid into overlayfs runtime inode Overlayfs must update uid/gid after chown, otherwise functions like inode_owner_or_capable() will check user against stale uid. Catched by xfstests generic/087, it chowns file and calls utimes. Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c index 49e204560655..a4ff5d0d7db9 100644 --- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c +++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c @@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ int ovl_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *attr) inode_lock(upperdentry->d_inode); err = notify_change(upperdentry, attr, NULL); + if (!err) + ovl_copyattr(upperdentry->d_inode, dentry->d_inode); inode_unlock(upperdentry->d_inode); } ovl_drop_write(dentry); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html