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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-49884" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-10-21T18:01:21.517Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T00:53:34.802Z" 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-2024-49884" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-49884.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49884" title: "ext4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_split_extent_at()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix slab-use-after-free in ext4_split_extent_at()\n\nWe hit the following use-after-free:\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ext4_split_extent_at+0xba8/0xcc0\nRead of size 2 at addr ffff88810548ed08 by task kworker/u20:0/40\nCPU: 0 PID: 40 Comm: kworker/u20:0 Not tainted 6.9.0-dirty #724\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n kasan_report+0x93/0xc0\n ext4_split_extent_at+0xba8/0xcc0\n ext4_split_extent.isra.0+0x18f/0x500\n ext4_split_convert_extents+0x275/0x750\n ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents+0x73e/0x1580\n ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe20/0x2dc0\n ext4_map_blocks+0x724/0x1700\n ext4_do_writepages+0x12d6/0x2a70\n[...]\n\nAllocated by task 40:\n __kmalloc_noprof+0x1ac/0x480\n ext4_find_extent+0xf3b/0x1e70\n ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x188/0x2dc0\n ext4_map_blocks+0x724/0x1700\n ext4_do_writepages+0x12d6/0x2a70\n[...]\n\nFreed by task 40:\n kfree+0xf1/0x2b0\n ext4_find_extent+0xa71/0x1e70\n ext4_ext_insert_extent+0xa22/0x3260\n ext4_split_extent_at+0x3ef/0xcc0\n ext4_split_extent.isra.0+0x18f/0x500\n ext4_split_convert_extents+0x275/0x750\n ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents+0x73e/0x1580\n ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xe20/0x2dc0\n ext4_map_blocks+0x724/0x1700\n ext4_do_writepages+0x12d6/0x2a70\n[...]\n==================================================================\n\nThe flow of issue triggering is as follows:\n\next4_split_extent_at\n path = *ppath\n ext4_ext_insert_extent(ppath)\n ext4_ext_create_new_leaf(ppath)\n ext4_find_extent(orig_path)\n path = *orig_path\n read_extent_tree_block\n // return -ENOMEM or -EIO\n ext4_free_ext_path(path)\n kfree(path)\n *orig_path = NULL\n a. If err is -ENOMEM:\n ext4_ext_dirty(path + path-\u003ep_depth)\n // path use-after-free !!!\n b. If err is -EIO and we have EXT_DEBUG defined:\n ext4_ext_show_leaf(path)\n eh = path[depth].p_hdr\n // path also use-after-free !!!\n\nSo when trying to zeroout or fix the extent length, call ext4_find_extent()\nto update the path.\n\nIn addition we use *ppath directly as an ext4_ext_show_leaf() input to\navoid possible use-after-free when EXT_DEBUG is defined, and to avoid\nunnecessary path updates." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"393a46f60ea4f249dc9d496d4eb2d542f5e11ade"},{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"448100a29395b0c8b4c42967155849fe0fbe808f"},{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e52f933598b781d291b9297e39c463536da0e185"},{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cafcc1bd62934547c76abf46c6d0d54f135006fe"},{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a5401d4c3e2a3d25643c567d26e6de327774a2c9"},{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8fe117790b37c84c651e2bad9efc0e7fda73c0e3"},{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5d949ea75bb529ea6342e83465938a3b0ac51238"},{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"915ac3630488af0ca194dc63b86d99802b4f6e18"},{"version":"dfe5080939ea4686b3414b5d970a9b26733c57a4","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c26ab35702f8cd0cdc78f96aa5856bfb77be798f"}],"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":"5.4.290","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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