CVE-2024-46687

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's btrfs filesystem. A local attacker with low privileges could exploit a use-after-free vulnerability when the btrfs_submit_chunk() function encounters errors during I/O operations. This double-freeing issue can lead to memory corruption, potentially allowing the attacker to achieve privilege escalation or cause a denial of service.

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