CVE-2026-98921
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Use-After-Free in Linux Kernel OverlayFS
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-98921, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-10-23
Last updated on: 2026-10-23
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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.
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CWE
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| CWE ID | Description |
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| CWE-UNKNOWN |
