Re: [GIT PULL] overlayfs update for 4.18

[Miklos Szeredi]

On Fri, Jun 1, 2018 at 6:18 PM, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 06/01/2018 08:26 AM, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 03:21:48PM +0200, Miklos Szeredi wrote:
>>> Hi Al,
>>>
>>> I'm sending this pull request to you instead of Linus, because a bigger than
>>> usual chunk involves the VFS.
>>>
>>> Please pull from:
>>>
>>>   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mszeredi/vfs.git for-viro
>>>
>>> This update contains the following:
>
>
>> ---
>>
>> diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
>> index 0a8e3c4543d1..79be4a77ca08 100644
>> --- a/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
>> +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/overlayfs.txt
>> @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ parameter metacopy=on/off. Lastly, there is also a per mount option
>>  metacopy=on/off to enable/disable this feature per mount.
>>
>>  Do not use metacopy=on with untrusted upper/lower directories. Otherwise
>> -it is possible that an attacker can create a handcrafted file with
>> +it is possible that an attacker can create an handcrafted file with
>
> bad change:
>                                        create a handcrafted
>
> Wait. Is this patch -R (reversed)?

Oops, yes, reversed diff.

Thanks,
Miklos