{"cve":"CVE-2024-46796","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-18T08:15:06.340","modified":"2026-08-04T11:20:26.370","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb: client: fix double put of @cfile in smb2_set_path_size()\n\nIf smb2_compound_op() is called with a valid @cfile and returned\n-EINVAL, we need to call cifs_get_writable_path() before retrying it\nas the reference of @cfile was already dropped by previous call.\n\nThis fixes the following KASAN splat when running fstests generic/013\nagainst Windows Server 2022:\n\n  CIFS: Attempting to mount //w22-fs0/scratch\n  run fstests generic/013 at 2024-09-02 19:48:59\n  ==================================================================\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in detach_if_pending+0xab/0x200\n  Write of size 8 at addr ffff88811f1a3730 by task kworker/3:2/176\n\n  CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 176 Comm: kworker/3:2 Not tainted 6.11.0-rc6 #2\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-2.fc40\n  04/01/2014\n  Workqueue: cifsoplockd cifs_oplock_break [cifs]\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   dump_stack_lvl+0x5d/0x80\n   ? detach_if_pending+0xab/0x200\n   print_report+0x156/0x4d9\n   ? detach_if_pending+0xab/0x200\n   ? __virt_addr_valid+0x145/0x300\n   ? __phys_addr+0x46/0x90\n   ? detach_if_pending+0xab/0x200\n   kasan_report+0xda/0x110\n   ? detach_if_pending+0xab/0x200\n   detach_if_pending+0xab/0x200\n   timer_delete+0x96/0xe0\n   ? __pfx_timer_delete+0x10/0x10\n   ? rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50\n   try_to_grab_pending+0x46/0x3b0\n   __cancel_work+0x89/0x1b0\n   ? __pfx___cancel_work+0x10/0x10\n   ? kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n   cifs_close_deferred_file+0x110/0x2c0 [cifs]\n   ? __pfx_cifs_close_deferred_file+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n   ? __pfx_down_read+0x10/0x10\n   cifs_oplock_break+0x4c1/0xa50 [cifs]\n   ? __pfx_cifs_oplock_break+0x10/0x10 [cifs]\n   ? lock_is_held_type+0x85/0xf0\n   ? mark_held_locks+0x1a/0x90\n   process_one_work+0x4c6/0x9f0\n   ? find_held_lock+0x8a/0xa0\n   ? __pfx_process_one_work+0x10/0x10\n   ? lock_acquired+0x220/0x550\n   ? __list_add_valid_or_report+0x37/0x100\n   worker_thread+0x2e4/0x570\n   ? __kthread_parkme+0xd1/0xf0\n   ? __pfx_worker_thread+0x10/0x10\n   kthread+0x17f/0x1c0\n   ? kthread+0xda/0x1c0\n   ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n   ret_from_fork+0x31/0x60\n   ? __pfx_kthread+0x10/0x10\n   ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n   </TASK>\n\n  Allocated by task 1118:\n   kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50\n   kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n   __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0\n   cifs_new_fileinfo+0xc8/0x9d0 [cifs]\n   cifs_atomic_open+0x467/0x770 [cifs]\n   lookup_open.isra.0+0x665/0x8b0\n   path_openat+0x4c3/0x1380\n   do_filp_open+0x167/0x270\n   do_sys_openat2+0x129/0x160\n   __x64_sys_creat+0xad/0xe0\n   do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x1d0\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\n  Freed by task 83:\n   kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50\n   kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30\n   kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x70\n   poison_slab_object+0xe9/0x160\n   __kasan_slab_free+0x32/0x50\n   kfree+0xf2/0x300\n   process_one_work+0x4c6/0x9f0\n   worker_thread+0x2e4/0x570\n   kthread+0x17f/0x1c0\n   ret_from_fork+0x31/0x60\n   ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30\n\n  Last potentially related work creation:\n   kasan_save_stack+0x30/0x50\n   __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xad/0xc0\n   insert_work+0x29/0xe0\n   __queue_work+0x5ea/0x760\n   queue_work_on+0x6d/0x90\n   _cifsFileInfo_put+0x3f6/0x770 [cifs]\n   smb2_compound_op+0x911/0x3940 [cifs]\n   smb2_set_path_size+0x228/0x270 [cifs]\n   cifs_set_file_size+0x197/0x460 [cifs]\n   cifs_setattr+0xd9c/0x14b0 [cifs]\n   notify_change+0x4e3/0x740\n   do_truncate+0xfa/0x180\n   vfs_truncate+0x195/0x200\n   __x64_sys_truncate+0x109/0x150\n   do_syscall_64+0xbb/0x1d0\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f","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:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a72d1edb0843e4c927a4096f81e631031c25c28","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/762099898309218b4a7954f3d49e985dc4dfd638","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9c169b51b6ce20394594ef674d6b10efba31220"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:38.012257375+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-46796","score":0.00443,"percentile":0.38526,"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."]}