csirt@kutim:~/threat-intel/cve/CVE-2021-46972

Katalog CVE

CVSS 5.5 · Medium EPSS 0,25%

Kerentanan Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime pada linux kernel. Skor CVSS 3.1 5.5 (Medium) menurut NVD.

Deskripsi (NVD)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: fix leaked dentry Since commit 6815f479ca90 ("ovl: use only uppermetacopy state in ovl_lookup()"), overlayfs doesn't put temporary dentry when there is a metacopy error, which leads to dentry leaks when shutting down the related superblock: overlayfs: refusing to follow metacopy origin for (/file0) ... BUG: Dentry (____ptrval____){i=3f33,n=file3} still in use (1) [unmount of overlay overlay] ... WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 432 at umount_check.cold+0x107/0x14d CPU: 1 PID: 432 Comm: unmount-overlay Not tainted 5.12.0-rc5 #1 ... RIP: 0010:umount_check.cold+0x107/0x14d ... Call Trace: d_walk+0x28c/0x950 ? dentry_lru_isolate+0x2b0/0x2b0 ? __kasan_slab_free+0x12/0x20 do_one_tree+0x33/0x60 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x78/0x1d0 generic_shutdown_super+0x70/0x440 kill_anon_super+0x3e/0x70 deactivate_locked_super+0xc4/0x160 deactivate_super+0xfa/0x140 cleanup_mnt+0x22e/0x370 __cleanup_mnt+0x1a/0x30 task_work_run+0x139/0x210 do_exit+0xb0c/0x2820 ? __kasan_check_read+0x1d/0x30 ? find_held_lock+0x35/0x160 ? lock_release+0x1b6/0x660 ? mm_update_next_owner+0xa20/0xa20 ? reacquire_held_locks+0x3f0/0x3f0 ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4+0x22/0x30 do_group_exit+0x135/0x380 __do_sys_exit_group.isra.0+0x20/0x20 __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3c/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x45/0x70 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae ... VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of overlay. Self-destruct in 5 seconds. Have a nice day... This fix has been tested with a syzkaller reproducer.

Rincian

Terbit di NVD
27 Februari 2024
Terakhir diubah
17 Juni 2026
Status NVD
Analyzed
CVSS 3.1
5.5 (Medium), sumber NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · uraikan di kalkulator
Jenis kelemahan (CWE)
CWE-401: Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
EPSS (30 hari)
0,25% peluang dieksploitasi; lebih tinggi dari 15,0% CVE lain

Produk dan versi terdampak

VendorProdukVersi terdampak
linux linux kernel Versi 5.8 hingga sebelum 5.10.35
linux linux kernel Versi 5.11 hingga sebelum 5.11.19
linux linux kernel Versi 5.12 hingga sebelum 5.12.2

> Data dari konfigurasi CPE di NVD.

Referensi dan perbaikan

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