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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2024-49983" idYear: 2024 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2024-10-21T18:02:28.474Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:40:52.589Z" 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-2024-49983" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-49983.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49983" title: "ext4: drop ppath from ext4_ext_replay_update_ex() to avoid double-free" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: drop ppath from ext4_ext_replay_update_ex() to avoid double-free\n\nWhen calling ext4_force_split_extent_at() in ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(),\nthe 'ppath' is updated but it is the 'path' that is freed, thus potentially\ntriggering a double-free in the following process:\n\next4_ext_replay_update_ex\n ppath = path\n ext4_force_split_extent_at(&ppath)\n ext4_split_extent_at\n ext4_ext_insert_extent\n ext4_ext_create_new_leaf\n ext4_ext_grow_indepth\n ext4_find_extent\n if (depth \u003e path[0].p_maxdepth)\n kfree(path) ---\u003e path First freed\n *orig_path = path = NULL ---\u003e null ppath\n kfree(path) ---\u003e path double-free !!!\n\nSo drop the unnecessary ppath and use path directly to avoid this problem.\nAnd use ext4_find_extent() directly to update path, avoiding unnecessary\nmemory allocation and freeing. Also, propagate the error returned by\next4_find_extent() instead of using strange error codes." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8c26d9e53e5fbacda0732a577e97c5a5b7882aaf"},{"version":"8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a34bed978364114390162c27e50fca50791c568d"},{"version":"8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6367d3f04c69e2b8770b8137bd800e0784b0abbc"},{"version":"8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1b558006d98b7b0b730027be0ee98973dd10ee0d"},{"version":"8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3ff710662e8d86a63a39b334e9ca0cb10e5c14b0"},{"version":"8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"63adc9016917e6970fb0104ee5fd6770f02b2d80"},{"version":"8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"5c0f4cc84d3a601c99bc5e6e6eb1cbda542cce95"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10"},{"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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