{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2024-41057", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-07-12T12:17:45.627Z", "datePublished": "2024-07-29T14:57:19.938Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:35:03.575Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T11:35:03.575Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_withdraw_cookie()\n\nWe got the following issue in our fault injection stress test:\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_withdraw_cookie+0x4d9/0x600\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff888118efc000 by task kworker/u78:0/109\n\nCPU: 13 PID: 109 Comm: kworker/u78:0 Not tainted 6.8.0-dirty #566\nCall Trace:\n \n kasan_report+0x93/0xc0\n cachefiles_withdraw_cookie+0x4d9/0x600\n fscache_cookie_state_machine+0x5c8/0x1230\n fscache_cookie_worker+0x91/0x1c0\n process_one_work+0x7fa/0x1800\n [...]\n\nAllocated by task 117:\n kmalloc_trace+0x1b3/0x3c0\n cachefiles_acquire_volume+0xf3/0x9c0\n fscache_create_volume_work+0x97/0x150\n process_one_work+0x7fa/0x1800\n [...]\n\nFreed by task 120301:\n kfree+0xf1/0x2c0\n cachefiles_withdraw_cache+0x3fa/0x920\n cachefiles_put_unbind_pincount+0x1f6/0x250\n cachefiles_daemon_release+0x13b/0x290\n __fput+0x204/0xa00\n task_work_run+0x139/0x230\n do_exit+0x87a/0x29b0\n [...]\n==================================================================\n\nFollowing is the process that triggers the issue:\n\n p1 | p2\n------------------------------------------------------------\n fscache_begin_lookup\n fscache_begin_volume_access\n fscache_cache_is_live(fscache_cache)\ncachefiles_daemon_release\n cachefiles_put_unbind_pincount\n cachefiles_daemon_unbind\n cachefiles_withdraw_cache\n fscache_withdraw_cache\n fscache_set_cache_state(cache, FSCACHE_CACHE_IS_WITHDRAWN);\n cachefiles_withdraw_objects(cache)\n fscache_wait_for_objects(fscache)\n atomic_read(&fscache_cache->object_count) == 0\n fscache_perform_lookup\n cachefiles_lookup_cookie\n cachefiles_alloc_object\n refcount_set(&object->ref, 1);\n object->volume = volume\n fscache_count_object(vcookie->cache);\n atomic_inc(&fscache_cache->object_count)\n cachefiles_withdraw_volumes\n cachefiles_withdraw_volume\n fscache_withdraw_volume\n __cachefiles_free_volume\n kfree(cachefiles_volume)\n fscache_cookie_state_machine\n cachefiles_withdraw_cookie\n cache = object->volume->cache;\n // cachefiles_volume UAF !!!\n\nAfter setting FSCACHE_CACHE_IS_WITHDRAWN, wait for all the cookie lookups\nto complete first, and then wait for fscache_cache->object_count == 0 to\navoid the cookie exiting after the volume has been freed and triggering\nthe above issue. Therefore call fscache_withdraw_volume() before calling\ncachefiles_withdraw_objects().\n\nThis way, after setting FSCACHE_CACHE_IS_WITHDRAWN, only the following two\ncases will occur:\n1) fscache_begin_lookup fails in fscache_begin_volume_access().\n2) fscache_withdraw_volume() will ensure that fscache_count_object() has\n been executed before calling fscache_wait_for_objects()." } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The vulnerable path is reached through local filesystem activity — `__fscache_use_cookie()` on an fscache-backed mount plus the local `/dev/cachefiles` daemon fd lifecycle. No remote peer data reaches `cachefiles_withdraw_cookie()`, so this requires local access.\nAC:L - The attacker fully drives the racing side by keeping a flood of cookie lookups in flight (repeated opens of uncached files on the fscache-backed mount), so the narrow window between `fscache_wait_for_objects()` and `cachefiles_withdraw_volumes()` is reliably occupied; heap grooming of the 4KB slab is likewise attacker-controlled.\nPR:L - Triggering the lookup side needs only an unprivileged local user with read access to an fscache-enabled netfs or erofs-over-fscache mount — `__fscache_use_cookie()` is invoked on ordinary file open with no capability check.\nUI:N - No victim action is required; the attacker's own file opens generate the cookie lookups, and the cache withdrawal is a routine daemon-lifecycle event.\nS:U - The corruption and its consequences are confined to the kernel's own security authority; there is no VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary crossed.\nC:H - The slab-use-after-free reads `object->volume->cache` from a freed kmalloc-4k object, and the resulting pointer is dereferenced repeatedly, letting an attacker who reclaims the slab redirect reads to arbitrary kernel memory and disclose it.\nI:H - The stale `cache` pointer is used for `spin_lock(&cache->object_list_lock)` and `override_creds(cache->cache_cred)` in `cachefiles_begin_secure()`, giving both an arbitrary-address write and attacker-chosen credential installation — a direct path to privilege escalation.\nA:H - Even unexploited, the use-after-free dereferences garbage in a workqueue context (`fscache_cookie_worker`), producing an oops or panic as shown by the KASAN report." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/cachefiles/cache.c", "fs/cachefiles/volume.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "fe2140e2f57fef8562e0f9b7cd447d2b08dc2f35", "lessThan": "8de253177112a47c9af157d23ae934779188b4e1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fe2140e2f57fef8562e0f9b7cd447d2b08dc2f35", "lessThan": "9e67589a4a7b7e5660b524d1d5fe61242bcbcc11", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fe2140e2f57fef8562e0f9b7cd447d2b08dc2f35", "lessThan": "ef81340401e8a371d6b17f69e76d861920972cfe", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "fe2140e2f57fef8562e0f9b7cd447d2b08dc2f35", "lessThan": "5d8f805789072ea7fd39504694b7bd17e5f751c4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/cachefiles/cache.c", "fs/cachefiles/volume.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.17", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.17", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.101", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.42", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.9.11", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.9.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.10", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.101" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.42" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.9.11" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17", "versionEndExcluding": "6.10" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de253177112a47c9af157d23ae934779188b4e1" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e67589a4a7b7e5660b524d1d5fe61242bcbcc11" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef81340401e8a371d6b17f69e76d861920972cfe" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f805789072ea7fd39504694b7bd17e5f751c4" } ], "title": "cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_withdraw_cookie()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "title": "CVE Program Container", "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de253177112a47c9af157d23ae934779188b4e1", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e67589a4a7b7e5660b524d1d5fe61242bcbcc11", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef81340401e8a371d6b17f69e76d861920972cfe", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f805789072ea7fd39504694b7bd17e5f751c4", "tags": [ "x_transferred" ] }, { "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html" } ], "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108", "shortName": "CVE", "dateUpdated": "2025-11-03T21:59:57.420Z" } }, { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2024-41057", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-09-10T16:22:21.821093Z" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-11T17:32:57.641Z" } } ] } }