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-rw-r--r--fs/overlayfs/super.c12
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diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 31ef24dfcf88..94ca095b2a9e 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -1402,6 +1402,18 @@ static bool ovl_lower_uuid_ok(struct ovl_fs *ofs, const uuid_t *uuid)
 	if (!ofs->config.nfs_export && !ovl_upper_mnt(ofs))
 		return true;
 
+	/*
+	 * We allow using single lower with null uuid for index and nfs_export
+	 * for example to support those features with single lower squashfs.
+	 * To avoid regressions in setups of overlay with re-formatted lower
+	 * squashfs, do not allow decoding origin with lower null uuid unless
+	 * user opted-in to one of the new features that require following the
+	 * lower inode of non-dir upper.
+	 */
+	if (!ofs->config.index && !ofs->config.metacopy && !ofs->config.xino &&
+	    uuid_is_null(uuid))
+		return false;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ofs->numfs; i++) {
 		/*
 		 * We use uuid to associate an overlay lower file handle with a