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* [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 0/5] Fix kernel crash in overlayfs
@ 2026-11-03  9:24 Vladimir Riabchun
  2026-11-03  9:24 ` [Devel] [PATCH hci-8.1 v3 1/5] ve: Remove STOPPED state Vladimir Riabchun
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From: Vladimir Riabchun @ 2026-11-03  9:24 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: ptikhomirov, Konstantin Khorenko; +Cc: devel

When testing CRIU with containers with docker images,
we found an easily reproducible kernel crash:

[ 2300.870181] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000005
[ 2300.871537] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 2300.872577] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 2300.873595] PGD 800000010a18f067 P4D 800000010a18f067 PUD 10730c067 PMD 0
[ 2300.874900] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
[ 2300.875742] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5419 Comm: criu ve: 0 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 6.12.0-211.39.1.16.6.vz10.x86_64 #1 16.6 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[ 2300.878057] Hardware name: Acronis OpenStack Compute/Virtuozzo, BIOS 1.16.1-1.vz9.2 04/01/2014
[ 2300.879684] RIP: 0010:ovl_get_index_name_fh+0x18/0x70 [overlay]
[ 2300.880859] Code: ...
[ 2300.884128] RSP: 0018:ffffd32582e0f7c0 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 2300.895807] Call Trace:
[ 2300.896397]  <TASK>
[ 2300.904435]  ovl_create_index+0x82/0x260 [overlay]
[ 2300.905406]  ovl_copy_up_workdir+0x30a/0x330 [overlay]
[ 2300.906427]  ovl_do_copy_up+0x10d/0x2e0 [overlay]
[ 2300.907387]  ovl_copy_up_one+0x456/0x720 [overlay]
[ 2300.910736]  ovl_copy_up_flags+0x81/0x110 [overlay]
[ 2300.911740]  ovl_create_object+0x51/0x130 [overlay]
[ 2300.912719]  vfs_mkdir+0x194/0x250
[ 2300.913470]  do_mkdirat+0x14c/0x180
[ 2300.914223]  __x64_sys_mkdir+0x46/0x70
[ 2300.915019]  do_syscall_64+0x7d/0x160
[ 2300.922814]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

The cause is that overlayfs does some feature checks on superblock
creation using capable/ve_capable and it stores current credentials.
But ve_capable check result depends on both current creds and
current VE. Later, overlayfs switches credentials only, leading
to unexpected feature disappearance.

This was reworked completely after v2, the approach is different now.
1. Patch 1 removes separate STOPPED state - VE goes directly to DEAD.
2. Patch 2 adds helpers for overriding tasks VE.
3. Patch 3 adds VE owner to overlay superblock.
4. Patch 4 fixes the bug by switching VE together with creds in overlayfs.

v2: http://lore.virtuozzo.com/all/20260920-ovl-use-orig-ve-v1-0-b3e63f6ff80d@virtuozzo.com/
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-143259 - non-CRIU repro
https://virtuozzo.atlassian.net/browse/VSTOR-142405

Signed-off-by: Vladimir Riabchun <vladimir.riabchun@virtuozzo.com>
---
Changes in v3:
- Patch 2: added a separate field for ve_override to fix problems Pasha spotted.
- Patch 3: new one, delays init_cred destroy so dead CT can still use it.
- Link to v2: http://lore.virtuozzo.com/20261026-ovl-use-orig-ve-v2-0-eab58bfc29ca@virtuozzo.com

Changes in v2:
- Patch 1: updated description as Sashiko suggested..
- Patch 2: moved stubs outside CONFIG_X86 section,
  added task_lock protection in helpers. Verified via lockdep,
  no splats after vzctl tests, C/R and crash reproducer.
- Patch 4: fixed typo in comment.
- Link to v1: http://lore.virtuozzo.com/20261022-ovl-use-orig-ve-v1-0-da84c00c8065@virtuozzo.com

---
Vladimir Riabchun (5):
      ve: Remove STOPPED state
      ve: Introduce override_ve/revert_ve helpers
      ve: Defer ve context drop until ve is completely destroyed
      ovl: Keep creator VE in overlayfs superblock
      ve/overlayfs: Override VE together with creds

 fs/overlayfs/copy_up.c   |  4 ++--
 fs/overlayfs/dir.c       | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 fs/overlayfs/file.c      | 28 ++++++++++++++--------------
 fs/overlayfs/inode.c     | 38 +++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 fs/overlayfs/namei.c     | 18 +++++++++---------
 fs/overlayfs/overlayfs.h |  9 ++++++++-
 fs/overlayfs/ovl_entry.h |  1 +
 fs/overlayfs/params.c    |  3 +++
 fs/overlayfs/readdir.c   | 16 ++++++++--------
 fs/overlayfs/super.c     |  3 +++
 fs/overlayfs/util.c      | 22 ++++++++++++++++------
 fs/overlayfs/xattrs.c    | 14 +++++++-------
 include/linux/sched.h    |  1 +
 include/linux/ve.h       | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 kernel/capability.c      |  6 ++++--
 kernel/ve/ve.c           | 10 ++++++----
 16 files changed, 140 insertions(+), 88 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: f5d1fdcfffe101fe2bafa7df09d95d2e811c5c5e
change-id: 20260918-ovl-use-orig-ve-2dc365976202

Best regards,
--  
Vladimir Riabchun <vladimir.riabchun@virtuozzo.com>

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