CVE-2024-39276
Published: Jun 25, 2024
Modified: May 23, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find() Syzbot reports a warning as follows: ============================================ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 at fs/mbcache.c:419 mb_cache_destroy+0x224/0x290 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 Comm: syz-executor199 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6-gb947cc5bf6d7 RIP: 0010:mb_cache_destroy+0x224/0x290 fs/mbcache.c:419 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_put_super+0x6d4/0xcd0 fs/ext4/super.c:1375 generic_shutdown_super+0x136/0x2d0 fs/super.c:641 kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1675 ext4_kill_sb+0x68/0xa0 fs/ext4/super.c:7327 [...] ============================================ This is because when finding an entry in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find(), if ext4_sb_bread() returns -ENOMEM, the ce's e_refcnt, which has already grown in the __entry_find(), won't be put away, and eventually trigger the above issue in mb_cache_destroy() due to reference count leakage. So call mb_cache_entry_put() on the -ENOMEM error branch as a quick fix.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected b878c8a7f08f0c225b6a46ba1ac867e9c5d17807 - < 9ad75e78747b5a50dc5a52f0f8e92e920a653f16affected fb265c9cb49e2074ddcdd4de99728aefdd3b3592 - < 896a7e7d0d555ad8b2b46af0c2fa7de7467f9483affected fb265c9cb49e2074ddcdd4de99728aefdd3b3592 - < 76dc776153a47372719d664e0fc50d6355791abbaffected fb265c9cb49e2074ddcdd4de99728aefdd3b3592 - < 681ff9a09accd8a4379f8bd30b7a1641ee19bb3eaffected fb265c9cb49e2074ddcdd4de99728aefdd3b3592 - < e941b712e758f615d311946bf98216e79145ccd9+8 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.0unaffected 0 - < 5.0unaffected 4.19.316 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.278 - <= 5.4.*unaffected 5.10.219 - <= 5.10.*+5 more versions |
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