# CVE-2024-0775: Kernel: use-after-free while changing the mount option in \_\_ext4\_remount leading

- Severity: CVSS 6.7 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.14.315, 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112, and 3 more
- Published: 2024-01-22 · Updated: 2026-08-10

## Affected

- kernel: fixed in 4.14.315; from 4.15, fixed in 4.19.283; from 4.20, fixed in 5.4.243; from 5.5, fixed in 5.10.180; from 5.11, fixed in 5.15.112; from 5.16, fixed in 6.1.29; from 6.2, fixed in 6.2.16; from 6.3, fixed in 6.3.3
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported
- kernel: version range not reported
- kernel-rt: version range not reported

## Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the __ext4_remount in fs/ext4/super.c in ext4 in the Linux kernel. This flaw allows a local user to cause an information leak problem while freeing the old quota file names before a potential failure, leading to a use-after-free.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (4.14.315, 4.19.283, 5.4.243, 5.10.180, 5.15.112) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-0775
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259414
- https://scm.linefinity.com/common/linux-stable/commit/4c0b4818b1f636bc96359f7817a2d8bab6370162

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