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CVE-2024-49983: ext4: drop ppath from ext4_ext_replay_update_ex() to avoid double-free

7.8 CVSS

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: drop ppath from ext4_ext_replay_update_ex() to avoid double-free

When calling ext4_force_split_extent_at() in ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(),
the 'ppath' is updated but it is the 'path' that is freed, thus potentially
triggering a double-free in the following process:

ext4_ext_replay_update_ex
ppath = path
ext4_force_split_extent_at(&ppath)
ext4_split_extent_at
ext4_ext_insert_extent
ext4_ext_create_new_leaf
ext4_ext_grow_indepth
ext4_find_extent
if (depth > path[0].p_maxdepth)
kfree(path) ---> path First freed
*orig_path = path = NULL ---> null ppath
kfree(path) ---> path double-free !!!

So drop the unnecessary ppath and use path directly to avoid this problem.
And use ext4_find_extent() directly to update path, avoiding unnecessary
memory allocation and freeing. Also, propagate the error returned by
ext4_find_extent() instead of using strange error codes.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2024-49983

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 7.8

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor: Linux

Product: Linux

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 10.48% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-02 (when was this score calculated)

Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC)

SSVC Exploitation: none

SSVC Technical Impact: partial

SSVC Automatable: false

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49983
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c26d9e53e5fbacda0732a577e97c5a5b7882aaf
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a34bed978364114390162c27e50fca50791c568d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6367d3f04c69e2b8770b8137bd800e0784b0abbc
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b558006d98b7b0b730027be0ee98973dd10ee0d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ff710662e8d86a63a39b334e9ca0cb10e5c14b0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63adc9016917e6970fb0104ee5fd6770f02b2d80
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c0f4cc84d3a601c99bc5e6e6eb1cbda542cce95

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