CVE-2024-0775

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.1 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2024-01-22

Last modified

2026-08-10

Weaknesses

CWE-416

Affected products

• Kernel (Linux)
• Linux Kernel (Linux)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0775
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259414
• https://scm.linefinity.com/common/linux-stable/commit/4c0b4818b1f636bc96359f7817a2d8bab6370162