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    "id": "CVE-2024-49870",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49870",
    "idYear": 2024,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2024-10-21T18:01:12.048Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-11T20:40:49.741Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:16.009Z",
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      "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"
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      "title": "cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()\n\nA dentry leak may be caused when a lookup cookie and a cull are concurrent:\n\n            P1             |             P2\n-----------------------------------------------------------\ncachefiles_lookup_cookie\n  cachefiles_look_up_object\n    lookup_one_positive_unlocked\n     // get dentry\n                            cachefiles_cull\n                              inode->i_flags |= S_KERNEL_FILE;\n    cachefiles_open_file\n      cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use\n        __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use\n          can_use = false\n          if (!(inode->i_flags & S_KERNEL_FILE))\n            can_use = true\n\t  return false\n        return false\n        // Returns an error but doesn't put dentry\n\nAfter that the following WARNING will be triggered when the backend folder\nis umounted:\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: Dentry 000000008ad87947{i=7a,n=Dx_1_1.img}  still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 sda]\nWARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 359261 at fs/dcache.c:1767 umount_check+0x5d/0x70\nCPU: 4 PID: 359261 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.6.0-dirty #25\nRIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5d/0x70\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n d_walk+0xda/0x2b0\n do_one_tree+0x20/0x40\n shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2c/0x90\n generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160\n kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40\n ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40\n deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0x80\n cleanup_mnt+0x104/0x160\n==================================================================\n\nWhether cachefiles_open_file() returns true or false, the reference count\nobtained by lookup_positive_unlocked() in cachefiles_look_up_object()\nshould be released.\n\nTherefore release that reference count in cachefiles_look_up_object() to\nfix the above issue and simplify the code.",
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