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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2024-50217"
idYear: 2024
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2024-11-09T10:14:28.798Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-05T11:42:34.683Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:20.494Z"
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-2024-50217"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2024-50217.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50217"
title: "btrfs: fix use-after-free of block device file in __btrfs_free_extra_devids()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix use-after-free of block device file in __btrfs_free_extra_devids()\n\nMounting btrfs from two images (which have the same one fsid and two\ndifferent dev_uuids) in certain executing order may trigger an UAF for\nvariable 'device-\u003ebdev_file' in __btrfs_free_extra_devids(). And\nfollowing are the details:\n\n1. Attach image_1 to loop0, attach image_2 to loop1, and scan btrfs\n   devices by ioctl(BTRFS_IOC_SCAN_DEV):\n\n             /  btrfs_device_1 → loop0\n   fs_device\n             \\  btrfs_device_2 → loop1\n2. mount /dev/loop0 /mnt\n   btrfs_open_devices\n    btrfs_device_1-\u003ebdev_file = btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb(loop0)\n    btrfs_device_2-\u003ebdev_file = btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb(loop1)\n   btrfs_fill_super\n    open_ctree\n     fail: btrfs_close_devices // -ENOMEM\n\t    btrfs_close_bdev(btrfs_device_1)\n             fput(btrfs_device_1-\u003ebdev_file)\n\t      // btrfs_device_1-\u003ebdev_file is freed\n\t    btrfs_close_bdev(btrfs_device_2)\n             fput(btrfs_device_2-\u003ebdev_file)\n\n3. mount /dev/loop1 /mnt\n   btrfs_open_devices\n    btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb(&bdev_file)\n     // EIO, btrfs_device_1-\u003ebdev_file is not assigned,\n     // which points to a freed memory area\n    btrfs_device_2-\u003ebdev_file = btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb(loop1)\n   btrfs_fill_super\n    open_ctree\n     btrfs_free_extra_devids\n      if (btrfs_device_1-\u003ebdev_file)\n       fput(btrfs_device_1-\u003ebdev_file) // UAF !\n\nFix it by setting 'device-\u003ebdev_file' as 'NULL' after closing the\nbtrfs_device in btrfs_close_one_device()."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"142388194191a3edc9ba01cfcfd8b691e0971fb2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"47a83f8df39545f3f552bb6a1b6d9c30e37621dd"},{"version":"142388194191a3edc9ba01cfcfd8b691e0971fb2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"aec8e6bf839101784f3ef037dcdb9432c3f32343"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.8"},{"version":"6.11.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.11.*"},{"version":"6.12","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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