Tracker / CVE-2024-49960
CVE-2024-49960
High 7.8
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 We should guarantee the timer is no longer active before kfree(sbi).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 products and versions
| debian | debian_linux |
|---|---|
| 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 · 6.11 → 6.11.3 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.2 → 6.6.55 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 6.7 → 6.10.14 |
Analysis
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