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               "lang": "en",
               "value": "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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                     "version": "5.11.19",
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                     "versionType": "custom"
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                  {
                     "version": "5.12.2",
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                  {
                     "version": "5.13",
                     "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
                     "status": "unaffected",
                     "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
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         "references": [
            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71d58457a8afc650da5d3292a7f7029317654d95"
            },
            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3e3330bc5719fa9d658e3e2f596bde89344a94"
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            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d587cfaef72b1b6f4b2774827123bce91f497cc8"
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            {
               "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eaab1d45cdb4bb0c846bd23c3d666d5b90af7b41"
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         ],
         "title": "ovl: fix leaked dentry",
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      "cveID": "CVE-2021-46972",
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