CVE-2024-47679

MEDIUM EPSS 9.3%
Published Oct 21, 20241y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.7 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Oct 21, 2024 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfs: fix race between evice_inodes() and find_inode()&iput() Hi, all Recently I noticed a bug[1] in btrfs, after digged it into and I believe it'a race in vfs. Let's assume there's a inode (ie ino 261) with i_count 1 is called by iput(), and there's a concurrent thread calling generic_shutdown_super(). cpu0: cpu1: iput() // i_count is 1 ->spin_lock(inode) ->dec i_count to 0 ->iput_final() generic_shutdown_super() ->__inode_add_lru() ->evict_inodes() // cause some reason[2] ->if (atomic_read(inode->i_count)) continue; // return before // inode 261 passed the above check // list_lru_add_obj() // and then schedule out ->spin_unlock() // note here: the inode 261 // was still at sb list and hash list, // and I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE was not been set btrfs_iget() // after some function calls ->find_inode() // found the above inode 261 ->spin_lock(inode) // check I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE // and passed ->__iget() ->spin_unlock(inode) // schedule back ->spin_lock(inode) // check (I_NEW|I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE) flags, // passed and set I_FREEING iput() ->spin_unlock(inode) ->spin_lock(inode) ->evict() // dec i_count to 0 ->iput_final() ->spin_unlock() ->evict() Now, we have two threads simultaneously evicting the same inode, which may trigger the BUG(inode->i_state & I_CLEAR) statement both within clear_inode() and iput(). To fix the bug, recheck the inode->i_count after holding i_lock. Because in the most scenarios, the first check is valid, and the overhead of spin_lock() can be reduced. If there is any misunderstanding, please let me know, thanks. [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-btrfs/000000000000eabe1d0619c48986@google.com/ [2]: The reason might be 1. SB_ACTIVE was removed or 2. mapping_shrinkable() return false when I reproduced the bug.

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.7
Exploitability
1.0
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
9.3% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-362

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥2.6.37  –  <5.10.227
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.168
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.113
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.54
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.10.13
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.11  –  <6.11.2

References 11

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0eed942bc65de1f93eca7bda51344290f9c573bb
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  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8a5b6d0dafa4f533ac82e98f8b812073a7c9d1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3721a69403291e2514d13a7c3af50a006ea1153b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a68c75052a660e4c37de41e321582ec9496195
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/489faddb1ae75b0e1a741fe5ca2542a2b5e794a5
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/540fb13120c9eab3ef203f90c00c8e69f37449d1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c857fb12b9137fee574443385d53914356bbe11
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  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cc13a80a26e6b48f78c725c01b91987d61563ef
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b1afbf0f6b221f6c5bb66cc80cd3b38d696687
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0eed942bc65de1f93eca7bda51344290f9c573bb
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  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8a5b6d0dafa4f533ac82e98f8b812073a7c9d1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3721a69403291e2514d13a7c3af50a006ea1153b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a68c75052a660e4c37de41e321582ec9496195
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/540fb13120c9eab3ef203f90c00c8e69f37449d1
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c857fb12b9137fee574443385d53914356bbe11
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88b1afbf0f6b221f6c5bb66cc80cd3b38d696687
    Patch