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High · 7.8 CVE-2024-45000 EUVD-2024-41571GHSA-gcpr-pgrp-45fp

fs/netfs/fscache_cookie: add missing "n_accesses" check

Published Sep 4, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/netfs/fscache_cookie: add missing "n_accesses" check

This fixes a NULL pointer dereference bug due to a data race which
looks like this:

BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
CPU: 33 PID: 16573 Comm: kworker/u97:799 Not tainted 6.8.7-cm4all1-hp+ #43
Hardware name: HP ProLiant DL380 Gen9/ProLiant DL380 Gen9, BIOS P89 10/17/2018
Workqueue: events_unbound netfs_rreq_write_to_cache_work
RIP: 0010:cachefiles_prepare_write+0x30/0xa0
Code: 57 41 56 45 89 ce 41 55 49 89 cd 41 54 49 89 d4 55 53 48 89 fb 48 83 ec 08 48 8b 47 08 48 83 7f 10 00 48 89 34 24 48 8b 68 20 <48> 8b 45 08 4c 8b 38 74 45 49 8b 7f 50 e8 4e a9 b0 ff 48 8b 73 10
RSP: 0018:ffffb4e78113bde0 EFLAGS: 00010286
RAX: ffff976126be6d10 RBX: ffff97615cdb8438 RCX: 0000000000020000
RDX: ffff97605e6c4c68 RSI: ffff97605e6c4c60 RDI: ffff97615cdb8438
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000278333 R09: 0000000000000001
R10: ffff97605e6c4600 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff97605e6c4c68
R13: 0000000000020000 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff976064fe2c00
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff9776dfd40000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 0000000000000008 CR3: 000000005942c002 CR4: 00000000001706f0
Call Trace:
<TASK>
? __die+0x1f/0x70
? page_fault_oops+0x15d/0x440
? search_module_extables+0xe/0x40
? fixup_exception+0x22/0x2f0
? exc_page_fault+0x5f/0x100
? asm_exc_page_fault+0x22/0x30
? cachefiles_prepare_write+0x30/0xa0
netfs_rreq_write_to_cache_work+0x135/0x2e0
process_one_work+0x137/0x2c0
worker_thread+0x2e9/0x400
? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10
kthread+0xcc/0x100
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x30/0x50
? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1b/0x30
</TASK>
Modules linked in:
CR2: 0000000000000008
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

This happened because fscache_cookie_state_machine() was slow and was
still running while another process invoked fscache_unuse_cookie();
this led to a fscache_cookie_lru_do_one() call, setting the
FSCACHE_COOKIE_DO_LRU_DISCARD flag, which was picked up by
fscache_cookie_state_machine(), withdrawing the cookie via
cachefiles_withdraw_cookie(), clearing cookie->cache_priv.

At the same time, yet another process invoked
cachefiles_prepare_write(), which found a NULL pointer in this code
line:

struct cachefiles_object *object = cachefiles_cres_object(cres);

The next line crashes, obviously:

struct cachefiles_cache *cache = object->volume->cache;

During cachefiles_prepare_write(), the "n_accesses" counter is
non-zero (via fscache_begin_operation()). The cookie must not be
withdrawn until it drops to zero.

The counter is checked by fscache_cookie_state_machine() before
switching to FSCACHE_COOKIE_STATE_RELINQUISHING and
FSCACHE_COOKIE_STATE_WITHDRAWING (in "case
FSCACHE_COOKIE_STATE_FAILED"), but not for
FSCACHE_COOKIE_STATE_LRU_DISCARDING ("case
FSCACHE_COOKIE_STATE_ACTIVE").

This patch adds the missing check. With a non-zero access counter,
the function returns and the next fscache_end_cookie_access() call
will queue another fscache_cookie_state_machine() call to handle the
still-pending FSCACHE_COOKIE_DO_LRU_DISCARD.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.17 6.1.107

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.10.7-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.10.7-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.112-1 DSA-5782-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.119-1~deb11u1 DLA-4008-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-50.51 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws 6.8.0-1020.22 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1020.23 USN-7196-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp +1 6.8.0-1019.21 USN-7155-1, USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1015.19 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1002.4 USN-7156-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1017.17 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1019.21.1 USN-7155-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.8 6.8.0-1018.18 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1017.18 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1016.18 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +1 6.8.0-50.51.1 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 6.8.0-1020.22~22.04.1 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1020.23~22.04.1 USN-7196-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1019.21~22.04.1 USN-7155-1, USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-50.51~22.04.1 USN-7154-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1017.18~22.04.1 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.8 +1 6.8.0-50.51.1~22.04.1 USN-7154-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +13 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2015.16 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1013.14 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 rv +77 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 RHSA-2025:6966
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +4 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.6.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3553-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.69.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3587-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1.150500.6.37.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-17.1.1.51 SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-livepatch-MICRO-6-0_Update_3 +1 1-1.2 SUSE-SU-2025:20077-1, SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-11.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20077-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-20.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20073-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1.150500.6.37.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_4 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_5 1-150600.13.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_20 +1 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +8 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3551-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.25.1.150600.12.10.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.25.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3561-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.14.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3564-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.69.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3587-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +3 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.83.1.150500.6.37.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3569-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.73.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3592-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.109-118.189 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-779
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.109-118.189.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2024-779

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.51.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.5.0-802.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966
Oracle Linux 9 rv +28 5.14.0-570.12.1.0.1.el9_6 ELSA-2025-6966

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