CVE-2024-49870
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2024
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file() A dentry leak may be caused when a lookup cookie and a cull are concurrent: P1 | P2 ----------------------------------------------------------- cachefiles_lookup_cookie cachefiles_look_up_object lookup_one_positive_unlocked // get dentry cachefiles_cull inode->i_flags |= S_KERNEL_FILE; cachefiles_open_file cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use can_use = false if (!(inode->i_flags & S_KERNEL_FILE)) can_use = true return false return false // Returns an error but doesn't put dentry After that the following WARNING will be triggered when the backend folder is umounted: ================================================================== BUG: Dentry 000000008ad87947{i=7a,n=Dx_1_1.img} still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 sda] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 359261 at fs/dcache.c:1767 umount_check+0x5d/0x70 CPU: 4 PID: 359261 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.6.0-dirty #25 RIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5d/0x70 Call Trace: <TASK> d_walk+0xda/0x2b0 do_one_tree+0x20/0x40 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2c/0x90 generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160 kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40 ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40 deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0x80 cleanup_mnt+0x104/0x160 ================================================================== Whether cachefiles_open_file() returns true or false, the reference count obtained by lookup_positive_unlocked() in cachefiles_look_up_object() should be released. Therefore release that reference count in cachefiles_look_up_object() to fix the above issue and simplify the code.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 | affected | git | d32ff64c872d7e08e893c32ba6a2374583444410 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 | affected | git | c7d10fa7d7691558ff967668494672415f5fa151 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 | affected | git | e4a28489b310339b2b8187bec0a437709be551c1 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 | affected | git | 7fa2382f97421978514a419c93054eca69f5247b | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 | affected | git | da6ef2dffe6056aad3435e6cf7c6471c2a62187c | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.17 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 5.17 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.1.113 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.55 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.10.14 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.10.* | None listed |
| 6.11.3 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.11.* | None listed |
| 6.12 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |