{"cve":"CVE-2024-41057","nvd":{"published":"2024-07-29T15:15:13.773","modified":"2026-08-04T11:19:23.943","status":"Modified","description":"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 <TASK>\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().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.0},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f805789072ea7fd39504694b7bd17e5f751c4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de253177112a47c9af157d23ae934779188b4e1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e67589a4a7b7e5660b524d1d5fe61242bcbcc11","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef81340401e8a371d6b17f69e76d861920972cfe","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8f805789072ea7fd39504694b7bd17e5f751c4"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:53:51.317825789+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-41057","score":0.00278,"percentile":0.20318,"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."]}