1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
index 22f0253a3567..c2a6b0894022 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/dir.c
@@ -405,12 +405,21 @@ static int ovl_create_or_link(struct dentry *dentry, int mode, dev_t rdev,
                 err = ovl_create_upper(dentry, inode, &stat, link, hardlink);
         } else {
                 const struct cred *old_cred;
+                struct cred *override_cred;
 
                 old_cred = ovl_override_creds(dentry->d_sb);
 
-                err = ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, &stat, link,
-                                               hardlink);
+                err = -ENOMEM;
+                override_cred = prepare_creds();
+                if (override_cred) {
+                        override_cred->fsuid = old_cred->fsuid;
+                        override_cred->fsgid = old_cred->fsgid;
+                        put_cred(override_creds(override_cred));
+                        put_cred(override_cred);
 
+                        err = ovl_create_over_whiteout(dentry, inode, &stat,
+                                                       link, hardlink);
+                }
                 revert_creds(old_cred);
         }