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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2021-46972",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-46972",
    "idYear": 2021,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2024-02-27T18:47:07.276Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-11T13:45:29.570Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:56:36.661Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "ovl: fix leaked dentry",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\novl: fix leaked dentry\n\nSince commit 6815f479ca90 (\"ovl: use only uppermetacopy state in\novl_lookup()\"), overlayfs doesn't put temporary dentry when there is a\nmetacopy error, which leads to dentry leaks when shutting down the related\nsuperblock:\n\n  overlayfs: refusing to follow metacopy origin for (/file0)\n  ...\n  BUG: Dentry (____ptrval____){i=3f33,n=file3}  still in use (1) [unmount of overlay overlay]\n  ...\n  WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 432 at umount_check.cold+0x107/0x14d\n  CPU: 1 PID: 432 Comm: unmount-overlay Not tainted 5.12.0-rc5 #1\n  ...\n  RIP: 0010:umount_check.cold+0x107/0x14d\n  ...\n  Call Trace:\n   d_walk+0x28c/0x950\n   ? dentry_lru_isolate+0x2b0/0x2b0\n   ? __kasan_slab_free+0x12/0x20\n   do_one_tree+0x33/0x60\n   shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x78/0x1d0\n   generic_shutdown_super+0x70/0x440\n   kill_anon_super+0x3e/0x70\n   deactivate_locked_super+0xc4/0x160\n   deactivate_super+0xfa/0x140\n   cleanup_mnt+0x22e/0x370\n   __cleanup_mnt+0x1a/0x30\n   task_work_run+0x139/0x210\n   do_exit+0xb0c/0x2820\n   ? __kasan_check_read+0x1d/0x30\n   ? find_held_lock+0x35/0x160\n   ? lock_release+0x1b6/0x660\n   ? mm_update_next_owner+0xa20/0xa20\n   ? reacquire_held_locks+0x3f0/0x3f0\n   ? __sanitizer_cov_trace_const_cmp4+0x22/0x30\n   do_group_exit+0x135/0x380\n   __do_sys_exit_group.isra.0+0x20/0x20\n   __x64_sys_exit_group+0x3c/0x50\n   do_syscall_64+0x45/0x70\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n  ...\n  VFS: Busy inodes after unmount of overlay. Self-destruct in 5 seconds.  Have a nice day...\n\nThis fix has been tested with a syzkaller reproducer.",
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