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CVE-2024-56570
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2024-12-27T15:15:15.963 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:12:26.390

Summary

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

linux — linux_kernel

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References

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