CVE-2026-98921
Published Oct 23, 2026
Last updated 2 days ago
- Description
- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: fix UAF in ovl_do_mkdir() debug print ovl_do_mkdir() prints the input dentry with %pd after vfs_mkdir(). Since commit fe497f0759e0 ("VFS: change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on failure."), vfs_mkdir() calls end_creating() on the input dentry on failure and may replace it on success, so the post-call %pd can use-after-free the dentry when CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG is enabled. Print the dentry before the call and only the result afterward.
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- NVD status
- Received
- Hype score
- Not currently trending