7.8

CVE-2024-56570: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-56570DEBIAN-CVE-2024-56570
Published 27-12-2024Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-56570 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.24%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 54 · Related 53
DLA-4075-1DLA-4076-1RHSA-2025:6966SUSE-SU-2025:0201-1SUSE-SU-2025:0201-2SUSE-SU-2025:0203-1

Timeline

  1. 27-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: Filter invalid inodes with missing lookup function Add a check to the ovl_dentry_weird() function to prevent the processing of directory inodes that lack the lookup function. This is important because such inodes can cause errors in overlayfs when passed to the lowerstack.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.24% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu135 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-261.273 | < 5.4.0-211.231 | < 5.15.0-135.146 | < 6.8.0-58.60
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1198.211 | < 5.4.0-1142.152 | < 5.15.0-1080.87 | < 6.8.0-1027.29
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c, < f9248e2f73fb4afe08324485e98c815ac084d166 | ≥ e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c, < 5f86e79c0b2287ffdabe6c1b305a36c4e0f40fe3 | ≥ e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c, < 749eac5a6687ec99116e0691d0d71225254654e3 | ≥ e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c, < ff43d008bbf9b27ada434d6455f039a5ef6cee53 | ≥ e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c, < 065bf5dd21639f80e68450de16bda829784dbb8c | ≥ e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c, < 72014e7745cc8250bb8f27bd78694dfd3f1b5773 | ≥ e9be9d5e76e34872f0c37d72e25bc27fe9e2c54c, < c8b359dddb418c60df1a69beea01d1b3322bfe83 | 3.18
  • linux_kernel< 5.4.287 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.231 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.174 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.120 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.64 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.123-1 | < 6.12.5-1

3 vendors · 138 products

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