vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2021-47579: kernel: ovl: fix warning in ovl_create_real() (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 19, 2024 | Aug 12, 2024 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:M/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jun 19, 2024
Added
Aug 12, 2024
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ovl: fix warning in ovl_create_real()
Syzbot triggered the following warning in ovl_workdir_create() ->
ovl_create_real():
if (!err && WARN_ON(!newdentry->d_inode)) {
The reason is that the cgroup2 filesystem returns from mkdir without
instantiating the new dentry.
Weird filesystems such as this will be rejected by overlayfs at a later
stage during setup, but to prevent such a warning, call ovl_mkdir_real()
directly from ovl_workdir_create() and reject this case early.
Solutions
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
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