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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-47679" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-10-21T11:53:22.469Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:39:25.078Z" 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-2024-47679" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-47679.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-47679" title: "vfs: fix race between evice_inodes() and find_inode()&iput()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvfs: fix race between evice_inodes() and find_inode()&iput()\n\nHi, all\n\nRecently I noticed a bug[1] in btrfs, after digged it into\nand I believe it'a race in vfs.\n\nLet's assume there's a inode (ie ino 261) with i_count 1 is\ncalled by iput(), and there's a concurrent thread calling\ngeneric_shutdown_super().\n\ncpu0: cpu1:\niput() // i_count is 1\n -\u003espin_lock(inode)\n -\u003edec i_count to 0\n -\u003eiput_final() generic_shutdown_super()\n -\u003e__inode_add_lru() -\u003eevict_inodes()\n // cause some reason[2] -\u003eif (atomic_read(inode-\u003ei_count)) continue;\n // return before // inode 261 passed the above check\n // list_lru_add_obj() // and then schedule out\n -\u003espin_unlock()\n// note here: the inode 261\n// was still at sb list and hash list,\n// and I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE was not been set\n\nbtrfs_iget()\n // after some function calls\n -\u003efind_inode()\n // found the above inode 261\n -\u003espin_lock(inode)\n // check I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE\n // and passed\n -\u003e__iget()\n -\u003espin_unlock(inode) // schedule back\n -\u003espin_lock(inode)\n // check (I_NEW|I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE) flags,\n // passed and set I_FREEING\niput() -\u003espin_unlock(inode)\n -\u003espin_lock(inode)\t\t\t -\u003eevict()\n // dec i_count to 0\n -\u003eiput_final()\n -\u003espin_unlock()\n -\u003eevict()\n\nNow, we have two threads simultaneously evicting\nthe same inode, which may trigger the BUG(inode-\u003ei_state & I_CLEAR)\nstatement both within clear_inode() and iput().\n\nTo fix the bug, recheck the inode-\u003ei_count after holding i_lock.\nBecause in the most scenarios, the first check is valid, and\nthe overhead of spin_lock() can be reduced.\n\nIf there is any misunderstanding, please let me know, thanks.\n\n[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/000000000000eabe1d0619c48986@google.com/\n[2]: The reason might be 1. SB_ACTIVE was removed or 2. mapping_shrinkable()\nreturn false when I reproduced the bug." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6cc13a80a26e6b48f78c725c01b91987d61563ef"},{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"489faddb1ae75b0e1a741fe5ca2542a2b5e794a5"},{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"47a68c75052a660e4c37de41e321582ec9496195"},{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3721a69403291e2514d13a7c3af50a006ea1153b"},{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"540fb13120c9eab3ef203f90c00c8e69f37449d1"},{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0eed942bc65de1f93eca7bda51344290f9c573bb"},{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0f8a5b6d0dafa4f533ac82e98f8b812073a7c9d1"},{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6c857fb12b9137fee574443385d53914356bbe11"},{"version":"63997e98a3be68d7cec806d22bf9b02b2e1daabb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"88b1afbf0f6b221f6c5bb66cc80cd3b38d696687"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.37","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.37"},{"version":"4.19.323","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.285","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.227","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.168","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.113","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.54","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.10.13","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.10.*"},{"version":"6.11.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.11.*"},{"version":"6.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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