Bug 2297704 (CVE-2024-40899) - CVE-2024-40899 kernel: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_ondemand_get_fd()
Summary: CVE-2024-40899 kernel: cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_onde...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-40899
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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: 2297483 (view as bug list)
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Reported: 2024-07-13 15:12 UTC by Mauro Matteo Cascella
Modified: 2024-07-13 15:18 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel 6.9.6, kernel 6.10-rc4
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Description Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-07-13 15:12:51 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cachefiles: fix slab-use-after-free in cachefiles_ondemand_get_fd()

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2024-40899 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024071207-CVE-2024-40899-a342@gregkh/T
Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2024-07-13 15:18:49 UTC 
*** Bug 2297483 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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