CVE-2024-36947
qibfs: fix dentry leak
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: qibfs: fix dentry leak simple_recursive_removal() drops the pinning references to all positives in subtree. For the cases when its argument has been kept alive by the pinning alone that's exactly the right thing to do, but here the argument comes from dcache lookup, that needs to be balanced by explicit dput(). Fucked-up-by: Al Viro <[email protected]>
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02ee394a5d899d9bd2f0759382e9481cab6166f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24dd9b08df718f20ccf2dd1519909fefd8c233ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa23317d0268b309bb3f0801ddd0d61813ff5afb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd8f78c71defbcb7a9ed331e7f287507df972b00
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db71ca93259dd1078bcfea3afafde2143cfc2da7
References (5)
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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