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{"affected_release": [{"advisory": "RHSA-2025:6966", "cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "package": "kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "release_date": "2025-05-13T00:00:00Z"}, {"advisory": "RHSA-2025:6966", "cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "package": "kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "release_date": "2025-05-13T00:00:00Z"}], "bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ext4: drop ppath from ext4_ext_replay_update_ex() to avoid double-free", "id": "2320503", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2320503"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "verified"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\next4: drop ppath from ext4_ext_replay_update_ex() to avoid double-free\nWhen calling ext4_force_split_extent_at() in ext4_ext_replay_update_ex(),\nthe 'ppath' is updated but it is the 'path' that is freed, thus potentially\ntriggering a double-free in the following process:\next4_ext_replay_update_ex\nppath = path\next4_force_split_extent_at(&ppath)\next4_split_extent_at\next4_ext_insert_extent\next4_ext_create_new_leaf\next4_ext_grow_indepth\next4_find_extent\nif (depth > path[0].p_maxdepth)\nkfree(path) ---> path First freed\n*orig_path = path = NULL ---> null ppath\nkfree(path) ---> path double-free !!!\nSo drop the unnecessary ppath and use path directly to avoid this problem.\nAnd use ext4_find_extent() directly to update path, avoiding unnecessary\nmemory allocation and freeing. Also, propagate the error returned by\next4_find_extent() instead of using strange error codes."], "name": "CVE-2024-49983", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Will not fix", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2024-10-21T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49983\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49983\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102136-CVE-2024-49983-275e@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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