Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2024 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2021-46972ovl: fix leaked dentry
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 16% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | bpftool | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-abi-stablelists | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-core | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-cross-headers | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-core | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-devel | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-debug-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-devel | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-doc | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-headers | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-core | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-core | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-kvm | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-modules | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-devel | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-kvm | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-modules | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-rt-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4352 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-core | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-devel | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | perf | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | python3-perf | 4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | ALSA-2024:4211 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.10.38-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel | 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.el8_10 | RLSA-2024:4211 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | kernel-rt | 0:4.18.0-553.8.1.rt7.349.el8_10 | RLSA-2024:4352 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-46972 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 6815f479ca90ee7fd2e28b2a420f796b974155fe – before 71d58457a8afc650da5d3292a7f7029317654d956815f479ca90ee7fd2e28b2a420f796b974155fe – before cf3e3330bc5719fa9d658e3e2f596bde89344a946815f479ca90ee7fd2e28b2a420f796b974155fe – before d587cfaef72b1b6f4b2774827123bce91f497cc86815f479ca90ee7fd2e28b2a420f796b974155fe – before eaab1d45cdb4bb0c846bd23c3d666d5b90af7b41 |
| Linux | Linux | 5.8 |