Use After Free Affecting kernel-tools-libs-devel package, versions *
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RHEL8-KERNELTOOLSLIBSDEVEL-8286070
- published 23 Oct 2024
- disclosed 21 Oct 2024
Introduced: 21 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-49960 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 kernel-tools-libs-devel.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-tools-libs-devel package and not the kernel-tools-libs-devel package as distributed by RHEL.
See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.
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 We should guarantee the timer is no longer active before kfree(sbi).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.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-49960
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ce160c5bdb67081a62293028dc85758a8efb22a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9203817ba46ebba7c865c8de2aba399537b6e891
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b85569585d0154d4db1e4f9e3e6a4731d407feb0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa78fb51d396f4f2f80f8e96a3b1516f394258be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf3196e5e2f36cd80dab91ffae402e13935724bc