CVE-2024-41078

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Use-After-Free in Btrfs Quota Root Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: qgroup: fix quota root leak after quota disable failure If during the quota disable we fail when cleaning the quota tree or when deleting the root from the root tree, we jump to the 'out' label without ever dropping the reference on the quota root, resulting in a leak of the root since fs_info->quota_root is no longer pointing to the root (we have set it to NULL just before those steps). Fix this by always doing a btrfs_put_root() call under the 'out' label. This is a problem that exists since qgroups were first added in 2012 by commit bed92eae26cc ("Btrfs: qgroup implementation and prototypes"), but back then we missed a kfree on the quota root and free_extent_buffer() calls on its root and commit root nodes, since back then roots were not yet reference counted.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 3.6.0 - 5.10.223linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.164linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.101linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.42linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.9.11linux
Linux/Linux < 3.6
Linux/Linux 3.6
Linux/Linux 5.10.223 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.164 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.101 - 6.1.*
... and 11 more
Published Jul 29, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026