CVE-2024-53143
Published: Dec 7, 2024
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsnotify: Fix ordering of iput() and watched_objects decrement Ensure the superblock is kept alive until we're done with iput(). Holding a reference to an inode is not allowed unless we ensure the superblock stays alive, which fsnotify does by keeping the watched_objects count elevated, so iput() must happen before the watched_objects decrement. This can lead to a UAF of something like sb->s_fs_info in tmpfs, but the UAF is hard to hit because race orderings that oops are more likely, thanks to the CHECK_DATA_CORRUPTION() block in generic_shutdown_super(). Also, ensure that fsnotify_put_sb_watched_objects() doesn't call fsnotify_sb_watched_objects() on a superblock that may have already been freed, which would cause a UAF read of sb->s_fsnotify_info.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected d2f277e26f521ccf6fb438463b41dba6123caabe - < 45a8f8232a495221ed058191629f5c628f21601aaffected d2f277e26f521ccf6fb438463b41dba6123caabe - < 83af1cfa10d9aafdabd06b3655e07727f373b434affected d2f277e26f521ccf6fb438463b41dba6123caabe - < 21d1b618b6b9da46c5116c640ac4b1cc8d40d63a |
Linux | Linux | affected 6.10unaffected 0 - < 6.10unaffected 6.11.11 - <= 6.11.*unaffected 6.12.2 - <= 6.12.*unaffected 6.13 - <= * |
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