CVE-2024-49960 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2024-49960

ext4: fix timer use-after-free on failed mount

Vulnerability Description

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 We should guarantee the timer is no longer active before kfree(sbi).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.

Impact Analysis

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Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
5e4f5138bd8522ebe231a137682d3857209a2c07, 618f003199c6188e01472b03cdbba227f1dc5f24, cecfdb9cf9a700d1037066173abac0617f6788df, eb7b40d9d3785f7a131fb0b1f89bb6efa46c1833, 5.10.51, 5.12.18, 5.13.3, 5.14, 0, 5.10.237, 5.15.181, 6.1.118, 6.6.55, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.12

Timeline

Official Publish: October 21st, 2024
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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