Some way to clean up / identify contents of /var/lib/docker/overlay

To investigate you may need enter inside the container and run du.

My problem was that /tmp inside the container was full.

The solution for me was to empty it (run outside the container):

docker exec -it <container> bash -c 'rm -rf /tmp/.*'

Warning: this solution may not work for every case, and some file on /tmp can be in use. Try with caution.