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CVE-2024-56570ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 84% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
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Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 84% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c – < f9248e2f73fb4afe08324485e98c815ac084d166
- affected e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c – < 5f86e79c0b2287ffdabe6c1b305a36c4e0f40fe3
- affected e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c – < 749eac5a6687ec99116e0691d0d71225254654e3
- affected e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c – < ff43d008bbf9b27ada434d6455f039a5ef6cee53
- affected e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c – < 065bf5dd21639f80e68450de16bda829784dbb8c
- affected e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c – < 72014e7745cc8250bb8f27bd78694dfd3f1b5773
- affected e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c – < c8b359dddb418c60df1a69beea01d1b3322bfe83
- affected 3.18
- unaffected < 3.18
- unaffected 5.4.287 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.231 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.174 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.120 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.64 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.4 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.13 – ≤ *
References
References11
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9248e2f73fb4afe08324485e98c815ac084d166 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f86e79c0b2287ffdabe6c1b305a36c4e0f40fe3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/749eac5a6687ec99116e0691d0d71225254654e3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff43d008bbf9b27ada434d6455f039a5ef6cee53 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/065bf5dd21639f80e68450de16bda829784dbb8c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72014e7745cc8250bb8f27bd78694dfd3f1b5773 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8b359dddb418c60df1a69beea01d1b3322bfe83 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-53218 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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