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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 27, 2024· Updated Jan 5, 2026

ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function

CVE-2024-56570

Description

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

ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function

Add a check to the ovl_dentry_weird() function to prevent the processing of directory inodes that lack the lookup function. This is important because such inodes can cause errors in overlayfs when passed to the lowerstack.

Affected products

155

Patches

0

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Vulnerability mechanics

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