CVE-2026-98921
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ovl: fix UAF in ovl_do_mkdir() debug print
ovl_do_mkdir() prints the input dentry with %pd after vfs_mkdir().
Since commit fe497f0759e0 ('VFS: change vfs_mkdir() to unlock on
failure.'), vfs_mkdir() calls end_creating() on the input dentry on
failure and may replace it on success, so the post-call %pd can
use-after-free the dentry when CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS_DEBUG is enabled.
Print the dentry before the call and only the result afterward.
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/719bd33ab359c539a68a278c15a97deb77565cdb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae146bc1abdeb4607abf2975b858c053024e8ac1