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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-12-30T12:06:44.531Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-12-30T12:23:44.484Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:59:33.173Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\novl: fix null pointer dereference in ovl_get_acl_rcu()\n\nFollowing process:\n         P1                     P2\n path_openat\n  link_path_walk\n   may_lookup\n    inode_permission(rcu)\n     ovl_permission\n      acl_permission_check\n       check_acl\n        get_cached_acl_rcu\n\t ovl_get_inode_acl\n\t  realinode = ovl_inode_real(ovl_inode)\n\t                      drop_cache\n\t\t               __dentry_kill(ovl_dentry)\n\t\t\t\tiput(ovl_inode)\n\t\t                 ovl_destroy_inode(ovl_inode)\n\t\t                  dput(oi->__upperdentry)\n\t\t                   dentry_kill(upperdentry)\n\t\t                    dentry_unlink_inode\n\t\t\t\t     upperdentry->d_inode = NULL\n\t    ovl_inode_upper\n\t     upperdentry = ovl_i_dentry_upper(ovl_inode)\n\t     d_inode(upperdentry) // returns NULL\n\t  IS_POSIXACL(realinode) // NULL pointer dereference\n, will trigger an null pointer dereference at realinode:\n  [  205.472797] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address:\n                 0000000000000028\n  [  205.476701] CPU: 2 PID: 2713 Comm: ls Not tainted\n                 6.3.0-12064-g2edfa098e750-dirty #1216\n  [  205.478754] RIP: 0010:do_ovl_get_acl+0x5d/0x300\n  [  205.489584] Call Trace:\n  [  205.489812]  <TASK>\n  [  205.490014]  ovl_get_inode_acl+0x26/0x30\n  [  205.490466]  get_cached_acl_rcu+0x61/0xa0\n  [  205.490908]  generic_permission+0x1bf/0x4e0\n  [  205.491447]  ovl_permission+0x79/0x1b0\n  [  205.491917]  inode_permission+0x15e/0x2c0\n  [  205.492425]  link_path_walk+0x115/0x550\n  [  205.493311]  path_lookupat.isra.0+0xb2/0x200\n  [  205.493803]  filename_lookup+0xda/0x240\n  [  205.495747]  vfs_fstatat+0x7b/0xb0\n\nFetch a reproducer in [Link].\n\nUse the helper ovl_i_path_realinode() to get realinode and then do\nnon-nullptr checking."
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