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.
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Fri, 27 Dec 2024 14:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2024-12-27T14:23:13.273Z

Updated: 2024-12-27T14:23:13.273Z

Reserved: 2024-12-27T14:03:05.997Z

Link: CVE-2024-56570

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2024-12-27T15:15:15.963

Modified: 2024-12-27T15:15:15.963

Link: CVE-2024-56570

cve-icon Redhat

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