CVE-2024-39276

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.14.92-4.15 - Use-After-Free in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find() Syzbot reports a warning as follows: ============================================ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 at fs/mbcache.c:419 mb_cache_destroy+0x224/0x290 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 Comm: syz-executor199 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6-gb947cc5bf6d7 RIP: 0010:mb_cache_destroy+0x224/0x290 fs/mbcache.c:419 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_put_super+0x6d4/0xcd0 fs/ext4/super.c:1375 generic_shutdown_super+0x136/0x2d0 fs/super.c:641 kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1675 ext4_kill_sb+0x68/0xa0 fs/ext4/super.c:7327 [...] ============================================ This is because when finding an entry in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find(), if ext4_sb_bread() returns -ENOMEM, the ce's e_refcnt, which has already grown in the __entry_find(), won't be put away, and eventually trigger the above issue in mb_cache_destroy() due to reference count leakage. So call mb_cache_entry_put() on the -ENOMEM error branch as a quick fix.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (31)
linux/Kernel < 4.19.316linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.278linux
linux/Kernel 5.0.0 - 5.10.219linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 6.1.94linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.6.34linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.15.161linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.9.5linux
Linux/Linux < 5.0
Linux/Linux 4.14.92 - 4.15
Linux/Linux 4.19.14 - 4.19.316
... and 21 more
Published Jun 25, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026