CVE-2024-56570

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56570
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2024-56570.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2024-56570
Downstream
Related
Published
2024-12-27T14:23:13.273Z
Modified
2025-11-28T02:34:22.045574Z
Summary
ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function

Add a check to the ovldentryweird() 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.

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/56xxx/CVE-2024-56570.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Fixed
f9248e2f73fb4afe08324485e98c815ac084d166
Fixed
5f86e79c0b2287ffdabe6c1b305a36c4e0f40fe3
Fixed
749eac5a6687ec99116e0691d0d71225254654e3
Fixed
ff43d008bbf9b27ada434d6455f039a5ef6cee53
Fixed
065bf5dd21639f80e68450de16bda829784dbb8c
Fixed
72014e7745cc8250bb8f27bd78694dfd3f1b5773
Fixed
c8b359dddb418c60df1a69beea01d1b3322bfe83

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.287
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.5.0
Fixed
5.10.231
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.11.0
Fixed
5.15.174
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.16.0
Fixed
6.1.120
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.2.0
Fixed
6.6.64
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.7.0
Fixed
6.12.4