CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-49960
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2024-10-21
- Last modified
- 2026-08-04
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount
Syzbot has found an ODEBUG bug in ext4_fill_super
The del_timer_sync function cancels the s_err_report timer,
which reminds about filesystem errors daily. We should
guarantee the timer is no longer active before kfree(sbi).
When filesystem mounting fails, the flow goes to failed_mount3,
where an error occurs when ext4_stop_mmpd is called, causing
a read I/O failure. This triggers the ext4_handle_error function
that ultimately re-arms the timer,
leaving the s_err_report timer active before kfree(sbi) is called.
Fix the issue by canceling the s_err_report timer after calling ext4_stop_mmpd.
Affected configurations
• debian debian linux 11.0
• linux linux kernel (< 5.10.237)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.181)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.118)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.55)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.10.14)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.11 < 6.11.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce160c5bdb67081a62293028dc85758a8efb22a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e9b83f0f33bc5a7a3181769d1dccbf021f5b04 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7aac0c17a8cdf4a3236991c1e60435c6a984076c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9203817ba46ebba7c865c8de2aba399537b6e891 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b85569585d0154d4db1e4f9e3e6a4731d407feb0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3196e5e2f36cd80dab91ffae402e13935724bc Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa78fb51d396f4f2f80f8e96a3b1516f394258be Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory