CVE-2024-53143

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.10-6.10, 6.11-6.11.10, 6.12-6.12.1, 6.13 - Use-After-Free in fsnotify Superblock Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsnotify: Fix ordering of iput() and watched_objects decrement Ensure the superblock is kept alive until we're done with iput(). Holding a reference to an inode is not allowed unless we ensure the superblock stays alive, which fsnotify does by keeping the watched_objects count elevated, so iput() must happen before the watched_objects decrement. This can lead to a UAF of something like sb->s_fs_info in tmpfs, but the UAF is hard to hit because race orderings that oops are more likely, thanks to the CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION() block in generic_shutdown_super(). Also, ensure that fsnotify_put_sb_watched_objects() doesn't call fsnotify_sb_watched_objects() on a superblock that may have already been freed, which would cause a UAF read of sb->s_fsnotify_info.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 10.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 6.10.0 - 6.11.11linux
linux/Kernel 6.12.0 - 6.12.2linux
Linux/Linux < 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.10
Linux/Linux 6.11.11 - 6.11.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.2 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux d2f277e26f521ccf6fb438463b41dba6123caabe - 21d1b618b6b9da46c5116c640ac4b1cc8d40d63a
Linux/Linux d2f277e26f521ccf6fb438463b41dba6123caabe - 45a8f8232a495221ed058191629f5c628f21601a
Linux/Linux d2f277e26f521ccf6fb438463b41dba6123caabe - 83af1cfa10d9aafdabd06b3655e07727f373b434
... and 1 more
Published Dec 07, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026