CVE-2024-56570

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

27/12/2024

Last modified:

03/11/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		5.4.287 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.231 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.174 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.120 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.64 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.4 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2024-56570

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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