CVE-2024-49870cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.24%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 85% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file() A dentry leak may be caused when a lookup cookie and a cull are concurrent: P1 | P2 ----------------------------------------------------------- cachefiles_lookup_cookie cachefiles_look_up_object lookup_one_positive_unlocked // get dentry cachefiles_cull inode->i_flags |= S_KERNEL_FILE; cachefiles_open_file cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use __cachefiles_mark_inode_in_use can_use = false if (!(inode->i_flags & S_KERNEL_FILE)) can_use = true return false return false // Returns an error but doesn't put dentry After that the following WARNING will be triggered when the backend folder is umounted: ================================================================== BUG: Dentry 000000008ad87947{i=7a,n=Dx_1_1.img} still in use (1) [unmount of ext4 sda] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 359261 at fs/dcache.c:1767 umount_check+0x5d/0x70 CPU: 4 PID: 359261 Comm: umount Not tainted 6.6.0-dirty #25 RIP: 0010:umount_check+0x5d/0x70 Call Trace: <TASK> d_walk+0xda/0x2b0 do_one_tree+0x20/0x40 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x2c/0x90 generic_shutdown_super+0x20/0x160 kill_block_super+0x1a/0x40 ext4_kill_sb+0x22/0x40 deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0x80 cleanup_mnt+0x104/0x160 ================================================================== Whether cachefiles_open_file() returns true or false, the reference count obtained by lookup_positive_unlocked() in cachefiles_look_up_object() should be released. Therefore release that reference count in cachefiles_look_up_object() to fix the above issue and simplify the code.
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 – < d32ff64c872d7e08e893c32ba6a2374583444410
- affected 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 – < c7d10fa7d7691558ff967668494672415f5fa151
- affected 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 – < e4a28489b310339b2b8187bec0a437709be551c1
- affected 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 – < 7fa2382f97421978514a419c93054eca69f5247b
- affected 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 – < da6ef2dffe6056aad3435e6cf7c6471c2a62187c
- affected 5.17
- unaffected < 5.17
- unaffected 6.1.113 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.55 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.10.14 – ≤ 6.10.*
- unaffected 6.11.3 – ≤ 6.11.*
- unaffected 6.12 – ≤ *
References
References6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d32ff64c872d7e08e893c32ba6a2374583444410 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7d10fa7d7691558ff967668494672415f5fa151 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4a28489b310339b2b8187bec0a437709be551c1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa2382f97421978514a419c93054eca69f5247b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da6ef2dffe6056aad3435e6cf7c6471c2a62187c (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2024-43716 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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