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() 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.

CVSS 3.1

7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2024-12-27

Modified

2026-10-15

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• linux:linux_kernel

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/065bf5dd21639f80e68450de16bda829784dbb8c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f86e79c0b2287ffdabe6c1b305a36c4e0f40fe3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72014e7745cc8250bb8f27bd78694dfd3f1b5773
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/749eac5a6687ec99116e0691d0d71225254654e3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8b359dddb418c60df1a69beea01d1b3322bfe83

Check your stackJSON