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smb: client: fix possible double free in smb2_set_ea()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix possible double free in smb2_set_ea() Clang static checker(scan-build) warning: fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c:1304:2: Attempt to free released memory. 1304 | kfree(ea); | ^~~~~~~~~ There is a double free in such case: 'ea is initialized to NULL' -> 'first successful memory allocation for ea' -> 'something failed, goto sea_exit' -> 'first memory release for ea' -> 'goto replay_again' -> 'second goto sea_exit before allocate memory for ea' -> 'second memory release for ea resulted in double free'. Re-initialie 'ea' to NULL near to the replay_again label, it can fix this double free problem.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.11.6, 6.6.59
CVEs
CVE-2024-50152
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 16:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

smb: client: fix possible double free in smb2_set_ea()

core-osv · Original source

Published 7 Nov 2024, 09:31 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix possible double free in smb2_set_ea() Clang static checker(scan-build) warning: fs/smb/client/smb2ops.c:1304:2: Attempt to free released memory. 1304 | kfree(ea); | ^~~~~~~~~ There is a double free in such case: 'ea is initialized to NULL' -> 'first successful memory allocation for ea' -> 'something failed, goto sea_exit' -> 'first memory release for ea' -> 'goto replay_again' -> 'second goto sea_exit before allocate memory for ea' -> 'second memory release for ea resulted in double free'. Re-initialie 'ea' to NULL near to the replay_again label, it can fix this double free problem.

osv:CVE-2024-50152

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.6.59, 6.11.6

Complete source record
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