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CVE-2024-49870

cachefiles: fix dentry leak in cachefiles_open_file()

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Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
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Timeline
  • 2024-10-21 CVE Reserved
  • 2024-10-21 CVE Published
  • 2024-10-22 CVE Updated
  • 2024-10-22 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.17 < 6.1.113
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.17 < 6.6.55
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.17 < 6.10.14
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en
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.17 < 6.11.3
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.17 < 6.12-rc2
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