stale file handle when restarting ntp on overlayfs (maas)

MAAS is currently failing to deploy artful.

[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: nomodeset iscsi_target_name=iqn.2004-05.com.ubuntu:maas:ephemeral-ubuntu-ppc64el-ga-17.10-artful-daily iscsi_target_ip=10.245.71.3 iscsi_target_port=3260 iscsi_initiator=wichita ip=::::wichita:BOOTIF ip6=off ro root=/dev/disk/by-path/ip-10.245.71.3:3260-iscsi-iqn.2004-05.com.ubuntu:maas:ephemeral-ubuntu-ppc64el-ga-17.10-artful-daily-lun-1 overlayroot=tmpfs overlayroot_cfgdisk=disabled cc:{'datasource_list': ['MAAS']}end_cc cloud-config-url=http://10.245.71.3:5240/MAAS/metadata/latest/by-id/node-45f9009a-0bc4-11e6-9882-00163e5b6994/?op=get_preseed apparmor=0 log_host=10.245.71.3 log_port=514 --- console=hvc0 BOOTIF=01-6c-ae-8b-01-e9-00^M

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[ 60.064994] cloud-init[4805]: ERROR: ld.so: object 'libeatmydata.so' from LD_PRELOAD cannot be preloaded (cannot open shared object file): ignored.^M
[ 60.216965] cloud-init[4805]: Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/ntp.service → /lib/systemd/system/ntp.service.^M
[ 60.837682] cloud-init[4805]: Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.26-0ubuntu1) ...^M
[ 60.851733] cloud-init[4805]: Processing triggers for ureadahead (0.100.0-20) ...^M
[ 61.003403] cloud-init[4805]: Processing triggers for systemd (234-2ubuntu10) ...^M
[ 61.183944] cloud-init[4805]: dpkg: error: error removing old backup file '/var/lib/dpkg/status-old': Stale file handle^M
[ 62.202113] cloud-init[4805]: E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (2)^M
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ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.10
Package: linux-image-4.13.0-11-generic 4.13.0-11.12
ProcVersionSignature: User Name 4.13.0-11.12-generic 4.13.1
Uname: Linux 4.13.0-11-generic x86_64
AlsaDevices:
 total 0
 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 1 Sep 26 20:32 seq
 crw-rw---- 1 root audio 116, 33 Sep 26 20:32 timer
AplayDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'aplay': 'aplay'
ApportVersion: 2.20.7-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
ArecordDevices: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'arecord': 'arecord'
AudioDevicesInUse: Error: command ['fuser', '-v', '/dev/snd/seq', '/dev/snd/timer'] failed with exit code 1:
CRDA: N/A
Date: Tue Sep 26 20:33:41 2017
Ec2AMI: ami-00000181
Ec2AMIManifest: FIXME
Ec2AvailabilityZone: nova
Ec2InstanceType: m1.small
Ec2Kernel: unavailable
Ec2Ramdisk: unavailable
IwConfig: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'iwconfig': 'iwconfig'
Lsusb:
 Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0627:0001 Adomax Technology Co., Ltd
 Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: OpenStack Foundation OpenStack Nova
PciMultimedia:

ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=C.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
ProcFB:

ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.13.0-11-generic root=LABEL=cloudimg-rootfs ro console=tty1 console=ttyS0
RelatedPackageVersions:
 linux-restricted-modules-4.13.0-11-generic N/A
 linux-backports-modules-4.13.0-11-generic N/A
 linux-firmware N/A
RfKill: Error: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'rfkill': 'rfkill'
SourcePackage: linux
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
dmi.bios.date: 04/01/2014
dmi.bios.vendor: SeaBIOS
dmi.bios.version: 1.10.1-1ubuntu1~cloud0
dmi.chassis.type: 1
dmi.chassis.vendor: QEMU
dmi.chassis.version: pc-i440fx-zesty
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnSeaBIOS:bvr1.10.1-1ubuntu1~cloud0:bd04/01/2014:svnOpenStackFoundation:pnOpenStackNova:pvr15.0.2:cvnQEMU:ct1:cvrpc-i440fx-zesty:
dmi.product.family: Virtual Machine
dmi.product.name: OpenStack Nova
dmi.product.version: 15.0.2
dmi.sys.vendor: OpenStack Foundation