CVE-2024-0775

high

Description

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.

References

https://scm.linefinity.com/common/linux-stable/commit/4c0b4818b1f636bc96359f7817a2d8bab6370162

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259414

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0775

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-01-22

Updated: 2024-01-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High