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nvd416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67NVD:CVE-2021-47579
HistoryJun 19, 2024 - 3:15 p.m.

CVE-2021-47579

2024-06-1915:15:52
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
web.nvd.nist.gov
5
linux kernel
ovl vulnerability
filesystems

EPSS

0

Percentile

15.5%

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

ovl: fix warning in ovl_create_real()

Syzbot triggered the following warning in ovl_workdir_create() ->
ovl_create_real():

if (!err && WARN_ON(!newdentry->d_inode)) {

The reason is that the cgroup2 filesystem returns from mkdir without
instantiating the new dentry.

Weird filesystems such as this will be rejected by overlayfs at a later
stage during setup, but to prevent such a warning, call ovl_mkdir_real()
directly from ovl_workdir_create() and reject this case early.