In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: remove unreasonable unlock in ocfs2_read_blocks Patch series "Misc fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks", v5. This series contains 2 fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks(). The first patch fix the issue reported by syzbot, which detects bad unlock balance in ocfs2_read_blocks(). The second patch fixes an issue reported by Heming Zhao when reviewing above fix. This patch (of 2): There was a lock release before exiting, so remove the unreasonable unlock.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

Configuration 1 [-]

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References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a88623af3f1c686bf6db1e677ed865ffe6fccc cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f1ca6ba5452d53c598a45d21267a2c0c221eef3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5245f109b4afb6595360d4c180d483a6d2009a59 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81aba693b129e82e11bb54f569504d943d018de9 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84543da867c967edffd5065fa910ebf56aaae49d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9753bcb17b36c9add9b32c61766ddf8d2d161911 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c03a82b4a0c935774afa01fd6d128b444fd930a1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df4f20fc3673cee11abf2c571987a95733cb638d cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f55a33fe0fb5274ef185fd61947cf142138958af cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102132-CVE-2024-49965-9ed0@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-49965 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-49965 cve-icon
History

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
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Weaknesses CWE-667

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: remove unreasonable unlock in ocfs2_read_blocks Patch series "Misc fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks", v5. This series contains 2 fixes for ocfs2_read_blocks(). The first patch fix the issue reported by syzbot, which detects bad unlock balance in ocfs2_read_blocks(). The second patch fixes an issue reported by Heming Zhao when reviewing above fix. This patch (of 2): There was a lock release before exiting, so remove the unreasonable unlock.
Title ocfs2: remove unreasonable unlock in ocfs2_read_blocks
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:23:47.003Z

Reserved: 2024-10-21T12:17:06.050Z

Link: CVE-2024-49965

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:23:47.003Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-10-21T18:15:17.593

Modified: 2025-11-03T23:16:35.237

Link: CVE-2024-49965

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-10-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2024-49965 - Bugzilla