Riskcovery

CVE-2024-0775

Kernel: use-after-free while changing the mount option in __ext4_remount leading

State
Published
Severity
6.7 Medium
Published
Jan 22, 2024
Updated
Aug 10, 2026
Reserved
Jan 21, 2024

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Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the __ext4_remount in fs/ext4/super.c in ext4 in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local user to cause an information leak problem while freeing the old quota file names before a potential failure, leading to a use-after-free.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.16.7 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat

Weaknesses

Affected Products

ProductVersions
kernelLinux
  • before 4.14.315Affected
  • 4.15 to before 4.19.283Affected
  • 4.20 to before 5.4.243Affected
  • 5.5 to before 5.10.180Affected
  • 5.11 to before 5.15.112Affected
  • 5.16 to before 6.1.29Affected
  • 6.2 to before 6.2.16Affected
  • 6.3 to before 6.3.3Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
      Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat
        Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
          Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat
            Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat
              Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat

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