1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
index 03d8c5132477..35418317ecf2 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/namei.c
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ static int ovl_check_redirect(struct dentry *dentry, struct ovl_lookup_data *d,
                         if (s == next)
                                 goto invalid;
                 }
+                /*
+                 * One of the ancestor path elements in an absolute path
+                 * lookup in ovl_lookup_layer() could have been opaque and
+                 * that will stop further lookup in lower layers (d->stop=true)
+                 * But we have found an absolute redirect in decendant path
+                 * element and that should force continue lookup in lower
+                 * layers (reset d->stop).
+                 */
+                d->stop = false;
         } else {
                 if (strchr(buf, '/') != NULL)
                         goto invalid;