{"cve":"CVE-2024-39276","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-25T15:15:13.903","modified":"2026-06-17T07:41:37.247","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find()\n\nSyzbot reports a warning as follows:\n\n============================================\nWARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 at fs/mbcache.c:419 mb_cache_destroy+0x224/0x290\nModules linked in:\nCPU: 0 PID: 5075 Comm: syz-executor199 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6-gb947cc5bf6d7\nRIP: 0010:mb_cache_destroy+0x224/0x290 fs/mbcache.c:419\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n ext4_put_super+0x6d4/0xcd0 fs/ext4/super.c:1375\n generic_shutdown_super+0x136/0x2d0 fs/super.c:641\n kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1675\n ext4_kill_sb+0x68/0xa0 fs/ext4/super.c:7327\n[...]\n============================================\n\nThis is because when finding an entry in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find(), if\next4_sb_bread() returns -ENOMEM, the ce's e_refcnt, which has already grown\nin the __entry_find(), won't be put away, and eventually trigger the above\nissue in mb_cache_destroy() due to reference count leakage.\n\nSo call mb_cache_entry_put() on the -ENOMEM error branch as a quick fix.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c0b4a49d3e7f49690a6827a41faeffad5df7e21","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/681ff9a09accd8a4379f8bd30b7a1641ee19bb3e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76dc776153a47372719d664e0fc50d6355791abb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/896a7e7d0d555ad8b2b46af0c2fa7de7467f9483","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ad75e78747b5a50dc5a52f0f8e92e920a653f16"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-39276","score":0.00231,"percentile":0.14022,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}