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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-49883" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-10-21T18:01:20.827Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:40:21.427Z" 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-2024-49883" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-49883.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49883" title: "ext4: aovid use-after-free in ext4_ext_insert_extent()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: aovid use-after-free in ext4_ext_insert_extent()\n\nAs Ojaswin mentioned in Link, in ext4_ext_insert_extent(), if the path is\nreallocated in ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(), we'll use the stale path and\ncause UAF. Below is a sample trace with dummy values:\n\next4_ext_insert_extent\n path = *ppath = 2000\n ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(ppath)\n ext4_find_extent(ppath)\n path = *ppath = 2000\n if (depth \u003e path[0].p_maxdepth)\n kfree(path = 2000);\n *ppath = path = NULL;\n path = kcalloc() = 3000\n *ppath = 3000;\n return path;\n /* here path is still 2000, UAF! */\n eh = path[depth].p_hdr\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ext4_ext_insert_extent+0x26d4/0x3330\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff8881027bf7d0 by task kworker/u36:1/179\nCPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 179 Comm: kworker/u6:1 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc2-dirty #866\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n ext4_ext_insert_extent+0x26d4/0x3330\n ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe22/0x2d40\n ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700\n ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800\n[...]\n\nAllocated by task 179:\n ext4_find_extent+0x81c/0x1f70\n ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x146/0x2d40\n ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700\n ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800\n ext4_writepages+0x26d/0x4e0\n do_writepages+0x175/0x700\n[...]\n\nFreed by task 179:\n kfree+0xcb/0x240\n ext4_find_extent+0x7c0/0x1f70\n ext4_ext_insert_extent+0xa26/0x3330\n ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe22/0x2d40\n ext4_map_blocks+0x71e/0x1700\n ext4_do_writepages+0x1290/0x2800\n ext4_writepages+0x26d/0x4e0\n do_writepages+0x175/0x700\n[...]\n==================================================================\n\nSo use *ppath to update the path to avoid the above problem." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e17ebe4fdd7665c93ae9459ba40fcdfb76769ac1"},{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"975ca06f3fd154c5f7742083e7b2574c57d1c0c3"},{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5e811066c5ab709b070659197dccfb80ab650ddd"},{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9df59009dfc6d9fc1bd9ddf6c5ab6e56d6ed887a"},{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"51db04892a993cace63415be99848970a0f15ef2"},{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8162ee5d94b8c0351be0a9321be134872a7654a1"},{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"beb7b66fb489041c50c6473100b383f7a51648fc"},{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"bfed082ce4b1ce6349b05c09a0fa4f3da35ecb1b"},{"version":"10809df84a4d868db61af621bae3658494165279","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a164f3a432aae62ca23d03e6d926b122ee5b860d"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"3.18","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"3.18"},{"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":"6.6.55","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.10.14","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.10.*"},{"version":"6.11.3","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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