CVE-2024-56570
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.8
7.8CVSS HIGH
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/065bf5dd21639f80e68450de16bda829784dbb8c ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/065bf5dd21639f80e68450de16bda829784dbb8cPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f86e79c0b2287ffdabe6c1b305a36c4e0f40fe3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72014e7745cc8250bb8f27bd78694dfd3f1b5773Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/749eac5a6687ec99116e0691d0d71225254654e3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8b359dddb418c60df1a69beea01d1b3322bfe83Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9248e2f73fb4afe08324485e98c815ac084d166Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff43d008bbf9b27ada434d6455f039a5ef6cee53Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html