Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-49983): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-49983): Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Severity

7

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

10/21/2024

Created

12/19/2024

Added

12/18/2024

Modified

01/30/2025

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.

Solution(s)

• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1039-xilinx-zynqmp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1056-gkeop
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1066-ibm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1066-raspi
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1068-nvidia
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1068-nvidia-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1070-gke
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1070-kvm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1071-intel-iotg
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1071-oracle
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1072-gcp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1073-aws
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-1078-azure
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-127-generic
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-127-generic-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-127-generic-lpae
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-127-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-5-15-0-127-lowlatency-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-aws-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-cvm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-azure-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gcp-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-generic-lpae-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gke-5-15
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-gkeop-5-15
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-ibm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-intel-iotg
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-kvm
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-64k-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-lowlatency-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-nvidia-lowlatency
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04b
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04c
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oem-20-04d
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-oracle-lts-22-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-raspi-nolpae
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-virtual-hwe-20-04
• ubuntu-upgrade-linux-image-xilinx-zynqmp

References

• https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2024-49983
• CVE - 2024-49983
• USN-7166-1
• USN-7166-2
• USN-7166-3
• USN-7166-4
• USN-7186-1
• USN-7186-2
• USN-7194-1

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