In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cachefiles: remove requests from xarray during flushing requests
Even with CACHEFILES_DEAD set, we can still read the requests, so in the
following concurrency the request may be used after it has been freed:
mount | daemon_thread1 | daemon_thread2
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cachefiles_ondemand_init_object
cachefiles_ondemand_send_req
REQ_A = kzalloc(sizeof(*req) + data_len)
wait_for_completion(&REQ_A->done)
cachefiles_daemon_read
cachefiles_ondemand_daemon_read
// close dev fd
cachefiles_flush_reqs
complete(&REQ_A->done)
kfree(REQ_A)
xa_lock(&cache->reqs);
cachefiles_ondemand_select_req
req->msg.opcode != CACHEFILES_OP_READ
// req use-after-free !!!
xa_unlock(&cache->reqs);
xa_destroy(&cache->reqs)
Hence remove requests from cache->reqs when flushing them to avoid
accessing freed requests.
References
Configurations
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History
03 Nov 2025, 22:17
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Information
Published : 2024-07-12 13:15
Updated : 2025-11-03 22:17
NVD link : CVE-2024-40900
Mitre link : CVE-2024-40900
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-40900
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-416
Use After Free
