kernel: ext4: update orig_path in ext4_find_extent()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. When the ext4findextent function reallocates a path, it fails to update the original path pointer. A local attacker could exploit this by triggering a specific sequence of filesystem operations, leading to a null pointer dereference and...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: Update origpath in ext4findextent. In ext4findextent, if the path is not large enough, we free it and set origpath to NULL. However, after reallocating the path and successfully initializing it, we do not update origpath. I...

DEBIAN-CVE-2024-49881

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: update origpath in ext4findextent In ext4findextent, if the path is not big enough, we free it and set origpath to NULL. But after reallocating and successfully initializing the path, we don't update origpath, in which case...

AZL-51544 CVE-2024-49881 affecting package kernel for versions less than 5.15.173.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: update origpath in ext4findextent In ext4findextent, if the path is not big enough, we free it and set origpath to NULL. But after reallocating and successfully initializing the path, we don't update origpath, in which case...

UBUNTU-CVE-2024-49881

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: update origpath in ext4findextent In ext4findextent, if the path is not big enough, we free it and set origpath to NULL. But after reallocating and successfully initializing the path, we don't update origpath, in which case...