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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-41050"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-07-29T14:32:06.761Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-11T20:25:13.842Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-41050"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-41050.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-41050"
title: "cachefiles: cyclic allocation of msg_id to avoid reuse"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncachefiles: cyclic allocation of msg_id to avoid reuse\n\nReusing the msg_id after a maliciously completed reopen request may cause\na read request to remain unprocessed and result in a hung, as shown below:\n\n       t1       |      t2       |      t3\n-------------------------------------------------\ncachefiles_ondemand_select_req\n cachefiles_ondemand_object_is_close(A)\n cachefiles_ondemand_set_object_reopening(A)\n queue_work(fscache_object_wq, &info-\u003ework)\n                ondemand_object_worker\n                 cachefiles_ondemand_init_object(A)\n                  cachefiles_ondemand_send_req(OPEN)\n                    // get msg_id 6\n                    wait_for_completion(&req_A-\u003edone)\ncachefiles_ondemand_daemon_read\n // read msg_id 6 req_A\n cachefiles_ondemand_get_fd\n copy_to_user\n                                // Malicious completion msg_id 6\n                                copen 6,-1\n                                cachefiles_ondemand_copen\n                                 complete(&req_A-\u003edone)\n                                 // will not set the object to close\n                                 // because ondemand_id && fd is valid.\n\n                // ondemand_object_worker() is done\n                // but the object is still reopening.\n\n                                // new open req_B\n                                cachefiles_ondemand_init_object(B)\n                                 cachefiles_ondemand_send_req(OPEN)\n                                 // reuse msg_id 6\nprocess_open_req\n copen 6,A.size\n // The expected failed copen was executed successfully\n\nExpect copen to fail, and when it does, it closes fd, which sets the\nobject to close, and then close triggers reopen again. However, due to\nmsg_id reuse resulting in a successful copen, the anonymous fd is not\nclosed until the daemon exits. Therefore read requests waiting for reopen\nto complete may trigger hung task.\n\nTo avoid this issue, allocate the msg_id cyclically to avoid reusing the\nmsg_id for a very short duration of time."
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