{"cve":"CVE-2024-47733","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T13:15:03.450","modified":"2026-06-17T07:57:38.910","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfs: Delete subtree of 'fs/netfs' when netfs module exits\n\nIn netfs_init() or fscache_proc_init(), we create dentry under 'fs/netfs',\nbut in netfs_exit(), we only delete the proc entry of 'fs/netfs' without\ndeleting its subtree. This triggers the following WARNING:\n\n==================================================================\nremove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'fs/netfs', leaking at least 'requests'\nWARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 566 at fs/proc/generic.c:717 remove_proc_entry+0x160/0x1c0\nModules linked in: netfs(-)\nCPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 566 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 6.11.0-rc3 #860\nRIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x160/0x1c0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n netfs_exit+0x12/0x620 [netfs]\n __do_sys_delete_module.isra.0+0x14c/0x2e0\n do_syscall_64+0x4b/0x110\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n==================================================================\n\nTherefore use remove_proc_subtree() instead of remove_proc_entry() to\nfix the above problem.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-772"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c58a9575e02c2b90a3180007d57105ceaa7c246","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/603f95cefbee06a31b03137b777f03e3c2163d72","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a9eaf97d56625e55b31a7beb558e1ee185ca461"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-47733","score":0.00235,"percentile":0.14469,"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."]}