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ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function
Type: advisorySources: OSV
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.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 5.4.287, 6.1.120, 6.12.4, 6.6.64
- CVEs
- CVE-2024-56570
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 3 Nov 2026, 20:07 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 27 Dec 2024, 14:23 UTC
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.
osv:CVE-2024-56570
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.287, 5.10.231, 5.15.174, 6.1.120, 6.6.64, 6.12.4
Complete source record
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