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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 12, 2024· Updated Nov 3, 2025

landlock: Fix d_parent walk

CVE-2024-40938

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

landlock: Fix d_parent walk

The WARN_ON_ONCE() in collect_domain_accesses() can be triggered when trying to link a root mount point. This cannot work in practice because this directory is mounted, but the VFS check is done after the call to security_path_link().

Do not use source directory's d_parent when the source directory is the mount point.

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Affected products

50

Patches

4

Vulnerability mechanics

Generated on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.

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