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-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/inode.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
index 76cfe9d..1b885c1 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/inode.c
@@ -137,8 +137,11 @@ int ovl_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
return err;
old_cred = ovl_override_creds(inode->i_sb);
- if (!is_upper && !special_file(realinode->i_mode))
+ if (!is_upper && !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;
+ }
err = inode_permission(realinode, mask);
revert_creds(old_cred);