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CVE-2024-49960

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount Syzbot has found an ODEBUG bug in ext4_fill_…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount Syzbot has found an ODEBUG bug in ext4_fill_super The del_timer_sync function cancels the s_err_report timer, which reminds about filesystem errors daily. We should guarantee the timer is no longer active before kfree(sbi). When filesystem mounting fails, the flow goes to failed_mount3, where an error occurs when ext4_stop_mmpd is called, causing a read I/O failure. This triggers the ext4_handle_error function that ultimately re-arms the timer, leaving the s_err_report timer active before kfree(sbi) is called. Fix the issue by canceling the s_err_report timer after calling ext4_stop_mmpd.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
DebianDebian Linux
Version 11.0
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 5.10.237
from 5.11 before 5.15.181
from 5.16 before 6.1.118
from 6.2 before 6.6.55
from 6.7 before 6.10.14
from 6.11 before 6.11.3

Weakness classification

CWE-416

References