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-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/inode.c17
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 6bcc9dedc342..3b7ed5d2279c 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -286,22 +286,13 @@ int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
if (err)
return err;
- /* No need to do any access on underlying for special files */
- if (special_file(realinode->i_mode))
- return 0;
-
- /* No need to access underlying for execute */
- mask &= ~MAY_EXEC;
- if ((mask & (MAY_READ | MAY_WRITE)) == 0)
- return 0;
-
- /* Lower files get copied up, so turn write access into read */
- if (!upperinode && mask & MAY_WRITE) {
+ old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
+ if (!upperinode &&
+ !special_file(realinode->i_mode) && mask & MAY_WRITE) {
mask &= ~(MAY_WRITE | MAY_APPEND);
+ /* Make sure mounter can read file for copy up later */
mask |= MAY_READ;
}
-
- old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
err = inode_permission(realinode, mask);
revert_creds(old_cred);