vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2024-56570: kernel: ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 27, 2024 | May 15, 2025 | May 15, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 27, 2024
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 15, 2025
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.
Solution(s)
redhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
References
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