CVE-2024-49882

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. This flaw occurs due to a double brelse() operation on a buffer in the extents path, meaning the same memory buffer is released twice. An attacker with administrative (root) privileges could exploit this vulnerability, leading to a system crash and a Denial of Service (DoS).

This issue is considered to be a moderate impact flaw, as the exploitation for this will need an ADMIN (or ROOT) privilege (PR:H).

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.