CVE-2021-46972
Published: Feb 27, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 6815f479ca90ee7fd2e28b2a420f796b974155fe - < 71d58457a8afc650da5d3292a7f7029317654d95affected 6815f479ca90ee7fd2e28b2a420f796b974155fe - < cf3e3330bc5719fa9d658e3e2f596bde89344a94affected 6815f479ca90ee7fd2e28b2a420f796b974155fe - < d587cfaef72b1b6f4b2774827123bce91f497cc8affected 6815f479ca90ee7fd2e28b2a420f796b974155fe - < eaab1d45cdb4bb0c846bd23c3d666d5b90af7b41 |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.8unaffected 0 - < 5.8unaffected 5.10.35 - <= 5.10.*unaffected 5.11.19 - <= 5.11.*unaffected 5.12.2 - <= 5.12.*+1 more versions |
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