CVE-2024-41149

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: avoid to reuse hctx not removed from cpuhp callback list

If the hctx isnt removed from cpuhp callback list, we cant reuse it, otherwise use-after-free may be triggered.

Weakness

The product reuses or references memory after it has been freed. At some point afterward, the memory may be allocated again and saved in another pointer, while the original pointer references a location somewhere within the new allocation. Any operations using the original pointer are no longer valid because the memory “belongs” to the code that operates on the new pointer.

Affected Software

Potential Mitigations

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85672ca9ceeaa1dcf2777a7048af5f4aee3fd02b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5792c162dcf6197bf3d2de2be6c8169435b73d0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee18012c80155f6809522804099621070c69ec72