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CVE-2024-56570

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…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 5.4.287
from 5.5 before 5.10.231
from 5.11 before 5.15.174
from 5.16 before 6.1.120
from 6.2 before 6.6.64
from 6.7 before 6.12.4

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