Code: static int ovl_copy_up_locked(struct dentry *workdir, struct dentry *upperdir,
			      struct dentry *dentry, struct path *lowerpath,
			      struct kstat *stat, struct iattr *attr,
			      const char *link)
{
	struct inode *wdir = workdir->d_inode;
	struct inode *udir = upperdir->d_inode;
	struct dentry *newdentry = NULL;
	struct dentry *upper = NULL;
	umode_t mode = stat->mode;
	int err;

	newdentry = ovl_lookup_temp(workdir, dentry);
	err = PTR_ERR(newdentry);
	if (IS_ERR(newdentry))
		goto out;

	upper = lookup_one_len(dentry->d_name.name, upperdir,
			       dentry->d_name.len);
	err = PTR_ERR(upper);
	if (IS_ERR(upper))
		goto out1;

	/* Can't properly set mode on creation because of the umask */
	stat->mode &= S_IFMT;
	err = ovl_create_real(wdir, newdentry, stat, link, NULL, true);
	stat->mode = mode;
	if (err)
		goto out2;

	if (S_ISREG(stat->mode)) {
		struct path upperpath;
		ovl_path_upper(dentry, &upperpath);
		BUG_ON(upperpath.dentry != NULL);
		upperpath.dentry = newdentry;

		err = ovl_copy_up_data(lowerpath, &upperpath, stat->size);
		if (err)
			goto out_cleanup;
	}

	err = ovl_copy_xattr(lowerpath->dentry, newdentry);
	if (err)
		goto out_cleanup;

	mutex_lock(&newdentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
	err = ovl_set_attr(newdentry, stat);
	if (!err && attr)
		err = notify_change(newdentry, attr, NULL);
	mutex_unlock(&newdentry->d_inode->i_mutex);
	if (err)
		goto out_cleanup;

	err = ovl_do_rename(wdir, newdentry, udir, upper, 0);
	if (err)
		goto out_cleanup;

	ovl_dentry_update(dentry, newdentry);
	newdentry = NULL;

	/*
	 * Non-directores become opaque when copied up.
	 */
	if (!S_ISDIR(stat->mode))
		ovl_dentry_set_opaque(dentry, true);
out2:
	dput(upper);
out1:
	dput(newdentry);
out:
	return err;
 
 out_cleanup:
 	ovl_cleanup(wdir, newdentry);
	goto out;
 }

Vulnerability Type: DoS 
CWE ID: CWE-399
Summary: fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c in the Linux kernel before 4.2.6 uses an incorrect cleanup code path, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (dentry reference leak) via filesystem operations on a large file in a lower overlayfs layer.
Commit Message: ovl: fix dentry reference leak

In ovl_copy_up_locked(), newdentry is leaked if the function exits through
out_cleanup as this just to out after calling ovl_cleanup() - which doesn't
actually release the ref on newdentry.

The out_cleanup segment should instead exit through out2 as certainly
newdentry leaks - and possibly upper does also, though this isn't caught
given the catch of newdentry.

Without this fix, something like the following is seen:

	BUG: Dentry ffff880023e9eb20{i=f861,n=#ffff880023e82d90} still in use (1) [unmount of tmpfs tmpfs]
	BUG: Dentry ffff880023ece640{i=0,n=bigfile}  still in use (1) [unmount of tmpfs tmpfs]

when unmounting the upper layer after an error occurred in copyup.

An error can be induced by creating a big file in a lower layer with
something like:

	dd if=/dev/zero of=/lower/a/bigfile bs=65536 count=1 seek=$((0xf000))

to create a large file (4.1G).  Overlay an upper layer that is too small
(on tmpfs might do) and then induce a copy up by opening it writably.

Reported-by: Ulrich Obergfell <uobergfe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Miklos Szeredi <miklos@szeredi.hu>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # v3.18+