{"cve":"CVE-2024-47691","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T12:15:05.880","modified":"2026-06-17T07:57:33.040","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: fix to avoid use-after-free in f2fs_stop_gc_thread()\n\nsyzbot reports a f2fs bug as below:\n\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x241/0x360 lib/dump_stack.c:114\n print_report+0xe8/0x550 mm/kasan/report.c:491\n kasan_report+0x143/0x180 mm/kasan/report.c:601\n kasan_check_range+0x282/0x290 mm/kasan/generic.c:189\n instrument_atomic_read_write include/linux/instrumented.h:96 [inline]\n atomic_fetch_add_relaxed include/linux/atomic/atomic-instrumented.h:252 [inline]\n __refcount_add include/linux/refcount.h:184 [inline]\n __refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:241 [inline]\n refcount_inc include/linux/refcount.h:258 [inline]\n get_task_struct include/linux/sched/task.h:118 [inline]\n kthread_stop+0xca/0x630 kernel/kthread.c:704\n f2fs_stop_gc_thread+0x65/0xb0 fs/f2fs/gc.c:210\n f2fs_do_shutdown+0x192/0x540 fs/f2fs/file.c:2283\n f2fs_ioc_shutdown fs/f2fs/file.c:2325 [inline]\n __f2fs_ioctl+0x443a/0xbe60 fs/f2fs/file.c:4325\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:907 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x170 fs/ioctl.c:893\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xf3/0x230 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nThe root cause is below race condition, it may cause use-after-free\nissue in sbi->gc_th pointer.\n\n- remount\n - f2fs_remount\n  - f2fs_stop_gc_thread\n   - kfree(gc_th)\n\t\t\t\t- f2fs_ioc_shutdown\n\t\t\t\t - f2fs_do_shutdown\n\t\t\t\t  - f2fs_stop_gc_thread\n\t\t\t\t   - kthread_stop(gc_th->f2fs_gc_task)\n   : sbi->gc_thread = NULL;\n\nWe will call f2fs_do_shutdown() in two paths:\n- for f2fs_ioc_shutdown() path, we should grab sb->s_umount semaphore\nfor fixing.\n- for f2fs_shutdown() path, it's safe since caller has already grabbed\nsb->s_umount semaphore.","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/7c339dee7eb0f8e4cadc317c595f898ef04dae30","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7f114d864ac91515bb07ac271e9824a20f5ed95","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d79343cd66343709e409d96b2abb139a0a55ce34","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc18e655b62ac6bc9f12f5de0d749b4a3fe1e812"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-47691","score":0.00237,"percentile":0.1482,"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."]}