🛡️ CVE-2024-49882 on Ubuntu — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix double brelse() the buffer of the extents path In ext4_ext_try_to_merge_up(), set path[1].p_bh to NULL after it has been released, otherwise it may be released twice. An example of what triggers this is as follows: split2 map split1 |--------|-------|--------| ext4_ext_map_blocks ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents ext4_split_convert_extents // path->p_depth == 0 ext4_split_extent // 1. do split1 ext4_split_extent_at |ext4_ext_insert_extent | ext4_ext_create_new_leaf | ext4_ext_grow_indepth | le16_add_cpu(&neh->eh_depth, 1) | ext4_find_extent | // return -ENOMEM |// get error and try zeroout |path = ext4_find_extent | path->p_depth = 1 |ext4_ext_try_to_merge | ext4_ext_try_to_merge_up | path->p_depth = 0 | brelse(path[1].p_bh) ---> not set to NULL here |// zeroout success // 2. update path ext4_find_extent // 3. do split2 ext4_split_extent_at ext4_ext_insert_extent ext4_ext_create_new_leaf ext4_ext_grow_indepth le16_add_cpu(&neh->eh_depth, 1) ext4_find_extent path[0].p_bh = NULL; path->p_depth = 1 read_extent_tree_block ---> return err // path[1].p_bh is still the old value ext4_free_ext_path ext4_ext_drop_refs // path->p_depth == 1 brelse(path[1].p_bh) ---> brelse a buffer twice Finally got the following WARRNING when removing the buffer from lru: ============================================ VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 72 at fs/buffer.c:1241 __brelse+0x58/0x90 CPU: 2 PID: 72 Comm: kworker/u19:1 Not tainted 6.9.0-dirty #716 RIP: 0010:__brelse+0x58/0x90 Call Trace: <TASK> __find_get_block+0x6e7/0x810 bdev_getblk+0x2b/0x480 __ext4_get_inode_loc+0x48a/0x1240 ext4_get_inode_loc+0xb2/0x150 ext4_reserve_inode_write+0xb7/0x230 __ext4_mark_inode_dirty+0x144/0x6a0 ext4_ext_insert_extent+0x9c8/0x3230 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xf45/0x2dc0 ext4_map_blocks+0x724/0x1700 ext4_do_writepages+0x12d6/0x2a70 [...] ============================================

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2024-49882 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.8.0-54.56; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49882 is classified as CWE-415: Double Free. The same allocation is released twice, corrupting allocator bookkeeping.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49882 is recorded against 134 packages.

linux (fixed in 6.8.0-54.56)
linux-allwinner-5.19
linux-aws (fixed in 6.8.0-1023.25)
linux-aws-5.0
linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.1)
linux-aws-5.19
linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.4 (fixed in 5.4.0-1142.152~18.04.1)
linux-aws-5.8
linux-aws-6.2
linux-aws-6.5
linux-aws-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1)
linux-aws-fips (fixed in 5.15.0-1073.79+fips1)
linux-aws-hwe
linux-azure (fixed in 6.8.0-1025.30)
linux-azure-4.15
linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1078.87~20.04.1)
linux-azure-5.19
linux-azure-5.3
linux-azure-5.4 (fixed in 5.4.0-1145.152~18.04.1)

Show the remaining 110 packages

linux-azure-5.8
linux-azure-6.11 (fixed in 6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1)
linux-azure-6.2
linux-azure-6.5
linux-azure-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1)
linux-azure-edge
linux-azure-fde
linux-azure-fde-5.19
linux-azure-fde-6.2
linux-azure-fips (fixed in 5.15.0-1078.87+fips1)
linux-azure-nvidia (fixed in 6.8.0-1014.15)
linux-bluefield
linux-fips (fixed in 6.8.0-78.78+fips1)
linux-gcp (fixed in 6.8.0-1024.26)
linux-gcp-4.15
linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1072.80~20.04.1)
linux-gcp-5.19
linux-gcp-5.3
linux-gcp-5.4 (fixed in 5.4.0-1143.152~18.04.1)
linux-gcp-5.8
linux-gcp-6.11 (fixed in 6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1)
linux-gcp-6.2
linux-gcp-6.5
linux-gcp-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1)
linux-gcp-fips (fixed in 5.15.0-1072.80+fips1)
linux-gke (fixed in 6.8.0-1019.23)
linux-gke-4.15
linux-gke-5.15
linux-gke-5.4
linux-gkeop (fixed in 6.8.0-1006.8)
linux-gkeop-5.15
linux-gkeop-5.4
linux-hwe
linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1)
linux-hwe-5.19
linux-hwe-5.4 (fixed in 5.4.0-208.228~18.04.1)
linux-hwe-5.8
linux-hwe-6.2
linux-hwe-6.5
linux-hwe-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1)
linux-hwe-edge
linux-ibm (fixed in 6.8.0-1022.22)
linux-ibm-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1066.69~20.04.1)
linux-ibm-5.4 (fixed in 5.4.0-1086.91~18.04.1)
linux-ibm-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1)
linux-intel-5.13
linux-intel-iot-realtime (fixed in 5.15.0-1066.68)
linux-intel-iotg (fixed in 5.15.0-1071.77)
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1)
linux-iot (fixed in 5.4.0-1048.51)
linux-kvm (fixed in 5.15.0-1070.75)
linux-lowlatency (fixed in 6.8.0-54.56.1)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1)
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1)
linux-lts-xenial
linux-nvidia (fixed in 6.8.0-1022.25)
linux-nvidia-6.11 (fixed in 6.11.0-1007.7)
linux-nvidia-6.2
linux-nvidia-6.5
linux-nvidia-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (fixed in 6.8.0-1022.25.2)
linux-nvidia-tegra (fixed in 5.15.0-1032.32)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1032.32~20.04.1)
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx (fixed in 5.15.0-1020.20)
linux-oem
linux-oem-5.10
linux-oem-5.13
linux-oem-5.14
linux-oem-5.17
linux-oem-5.6
linux-oem-6.0
linux-oem-6.1
linux-oem-6.11 (fixed in 6.11.0-1015.15)
linux-oem-6.5
linux-oem-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1024.24)
linux-oracle (fixed in 6.8.0-1020.21)
linux-oracle-5.0
linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.4 (fixed in 5.4.0-1138.147~18.04.1)
linux-oracle-5.8
linux-oracle-6.5
linux-oracle-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1)
linux-raspi (fixed in 6.8.0-1019.23)
linux-raspi-5.4 (fixed in 5.4.0-1129.142~18.04.1)
linux-raspi-realtime (fixed in 6.8.0-2018.19)
linux-raspi2
linux-realtime (fixed in 6.8.1-1016.17)
linux-realtime-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.1-1016.17~22.04.1)
linux-riscv (fixed in 6.8.0-53.55.1)
linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-5.15 (fixed in 5.15.0-1069.73~20.04.1)
linux-riscv-5.19
linux-riscv-5.8
linux-riscv-6.5
linux-riscv-6.8 (fixed in 6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1)
linux-starfive-5.19
linux-starfive-6.2
linux-starfive-6.5
linux-xilinx (fixed in 6.8.0-1017.18)
linux-xilinx-zynqmp (fixed in 5.15.0-1039.43)

Timeline and source

Published on 21 October 2024 and last revised on 19 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

Other advisories for this package

linux has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-4994 (published 30 Jul 2026)
CVE-2026-35233 (4.4 Medium, published 1 May 2026)
CVE-2026-21996 (3.3 Low, published 1 May 2026)
CVE-2026-21991 (5.5 Medium, published 16 Mar 2026)
CGA-w6xv-3fg4-grm5 (published 29 Jan 2026)
CGA-mcwh-q4vm-9f29 (published 29 Jan 2026)
CGA-2qp7-6757-fmgc (published 7 Jan 2026)
CGA-9p62-x2f6-7rmw (published 7 Jan 2026)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-415: Double Free) in other software:

CVE-2023-25801 (8.0 High, published 13 Jul 2026)
CVE-2025-12343 (3.3 Low, published 18 Feb 2026)
CVE-2025-13844 (5.3 Medium, published 15 Jan 2026)
CVE-2025-47396 (7.8 High, published 7 Jan 2026)
CVE-2025-47356 (7.8 High, published 7 Jan 2026)
CVE-2025-20801 (7.0 High, published 6 Jan 2026)
CVE-2025-20786 (6.7 Medium, published 6 Jan 2026)
CVE-2025-20781 (7.8 High, published 6 Jan 2026)

CVE-2024-49882 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

BellSoft — BELL-CVE-2024-49882 Base record — CVE-2024-49882 Debian — DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49882

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2024-10-21

Updated 2026-08-20

Modified 2026-08-19

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
linux	—	6.8.0-54.56
linux-allwinner-5.19	—	—
linux-aws	—	6.8.0-1023.25
linux-aws-5.0	—	—
linux-aws-5.11	—	—
linux-aws-5.13	—	—
linux-aws-5.15	—	5.15.0-1073.79~20.04.1
linux-aws-5.19	—	—
linux-aws-5.3	—	—
linux-aws-5.4	—	5.4.0-1142.152~18.04.1
linux-aws-5.8	—	—
linux-aws-6.2	—	—
linux-aws-6.5	—	—
linux-aws-6.8	—	6.8.0-1023.25~22.04.1
linux-aws-fips	—	5.15.0-1073.79+fips1
linux-aws-hwe	—	—
linux-azure	—	6.8.0-1025.30
linux-azure-4.15	—	—
linux-azure-5.11	—	—
linux-azure-5.13	—	—
linux-azure-5.15	—	5.15.0-1078.87~20.04.1
linux-azure-5.19	—	—
linux-azure-5.3	—	—
linux-azure-5.4	—	5.4.0-1145.152~18.04.1
linux-azure-5.8	—	—
linux-azure-6.11	—	6.11.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-azure-6.2	—	—
linux-azure-6.5	—	—
linux-azure-6.8	—	6.8.0-1025.30~22.04.1
linux-azure-edge	—	—
linux-azure-fde	—	—
linux-azure-fde-5.19	—	—
linux-azure-fde-6.2	—	—
linux-azure-fips	—	5.15.0-1078.87+fips1
linux-azure-nvidia	—	6.8.0-1014.15
linux-bluefield	—	—
linux-fips	—	6.8.0-78.78+fips1
linux-gcp	—	6.8.0-1024.26
linux-gcp-4.15	—	—
linux-gcp-5.11	—	—
linux-gcp-5.13	—	—
linux-gcp-5.15	—	5.15.0-1072.80~20.04.1
linux-gcp-5.19	—	—
linux-gcp-5.3	—	—
linux-gcp-5.4	—	5.4.0-1143.152~18.04.1
linux-gcp-5.8	—	—
linux-gcp-6.11	—	6.11.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-gcp-6.2	—	—
linux-gcp-6.5	—	—
linux-gcp-6.8	—	6.8.0-1024.26~22.04.1
linux-gcp-fips	—	5.15.0-1072.80+fips1
linux-gke	—	6.8.0-1019.23
linux-gke-4.15	—	—
linux-gke-5.15	—	—
linux-gke-5.4	—	—
linux-gkeop	—	6.8.0-1006.8
linux-gkeop-5.15	—	—
linux-gkeop-5.4	—	—
linux-hwe	—	—
linux-hwe-5.11	—	—
linux-hwe-5.13	—	—
linux-hwe-5.15	—	5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1
linux-hwe-5.19	—	—
linux-hwe-5.4	—	5.4.0-208.228~18.04.1
linux-hwe-5.8	—	—
linux-hwe-6.2	—	—
linux-hwe-6.5	—	—
linux-hwe-6.8	—	6.8.0-57.59~22.04.1
linux-hwe-edge	—	—
linux-ibm	—	6.8.0-1022.22
linux-ibm-5.15	—	5.15.0-1066.69~20.04.1
linux-ibm-5.4	—	5.4.0-1086.91~18.04.1
linux-ibm-6.8	—	6.8.0-1023.23~22.04.1
linux-intel-5.13	—	—
linux-intel-iot-realtime	—	5.15.0-1066.68
linux-intel-iotg	—	5.15.0-1071.77
linux-intel-iotg-5.15	—	5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1
linux-iot	—	5.4.0-1048.51
linux-kvm	—	5.15.0-1070.75
linux-lowlatency	—	6.8.0-54.56.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15	—	5.15.0-127.137~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19	—	—
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2	—	—
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5	—	—
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8	—	6.8.0-54.56.1~22.04.1
linux-lts-xenial	—	—
linux-nvidia	—	6.8.0-1022.25
linux-nvidia-6.11	—	6.11.0-1007.7
linux-nvidia-6.2	—	—
linux-nvidia-6.5	—	—
linux-nvidia-6.8	—	6.8.0-1022.25~22.04.2
linux-nvidia-lowlatency	—	6.8.0-1022.25.2
linux-nvidia-tegra	—	5.15.0-1032.32
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15	—	5.15.0-1032.32~20.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx	—	5.15.0-1020.20
linux-oem	—	—
linux-oem-5.10	—	—
linux-oem-5.13	—	—
linux-oem-5.14	—	—
linux-oem-5.17	—	—
linux-oem-5.6	—	—
linux-oem-6.0	—	—
linux-oem-6.1	—	—
linux-oem-6.11	—	6.11.0-1015.15
linux-oem-6.5	—	—
linux-oem-6.8	—	6.8.0-1024.24
linux-oracle	—	6.8.0-1020.21
linux-oracle-5.0	—	—
linux-oracle-5.11	—	—
linux-oracle-5.13	—	—
linux-oracle-5.15	—	5.15.0-1071.77~20.04.1
linux-oracle-5.3	—	—
linux-oracle-5.4	—	5.4.0-1138.147~18.04.1
linux-oracle-5.8	—	—
linux-oracle-6.5	—	—
linux-oracle-6.8	—	6.8.0-1020.21~22.04.1
linux-raspi	—	6.8.0-1019.23
linux-raspi-5.4	—	5.4.0-1129.142~18.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime	—	6.8.0-2018.19
linux-raspi2	—	—
linux-realtime	—	6.8.1-1016.17
linux-realtime-6.8	—	6.8.1-1016.17~22.04.1
linux-riscv	—	6.8.0-53.55.1
linux-riscv-5.11	—	—
linux-riscv-5.15	—	5.15.0-1069.73~20.04.1
linux-riscv-5.19	—	—
linux-riscv-5.8	—	—
linux-riscv-6.5	—	—
linux-riscv-6.8	—	6.8.0-53.55.1~22.04.1
linux-starfive-5.19	—	—
linux-starfive-6.2	—	—
linux-starfive-6.5	—	—
linux-xilinx	—	6.8.0-1017.18
linux-xilinx-zynqmp	—	5.15.0-1039.43

References

REPORT https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-49882

REPORT https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49882

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/linus/dcaa6c31134c0f515600111c38ed7750003e1b9c

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6c29c8f3d7cb67b505f3b2f6c242d52298d1f2e

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32bbb59e3f18facd7201bef110010bf35819b8c3

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78bbc3d15b6f443acb26e94418c445bac940d414

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a69cf60660c73990c1875f94a5551600b04775

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7633407ca4ab8be2916ab214eb44ccebc6a50e1a

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/230ee0535d01478bad9a3037292043f39b9be10b

REPORT https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dcaa6c31134c0f515600111c38ed7750003e1b9c

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7166-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7166-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7166-3

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7186-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7186-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7194-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7166-4

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7276-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7277-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7293-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7295-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7301-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7303-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7304-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-3

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7303-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7310-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7311-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7303-3

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7294-4

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7384-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7385-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7386-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7393-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7384-2

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7401-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7403-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7413-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7468-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7539-1

ADVISORY https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7540-1

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