# CVE-2024-46786: fscache: delete fscache\_cookie\_lru\_timer when fscache exits to avoid UAF

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.160, 6.6.51, 6.10.10
- Published: 2024-09-18 · Updated: 2026-10-15

## Affected

- Linux: from 12bb21a29c19aae50cfad4e2bb5c943108f34a7d, fixed in c1fc36d5470335546c45799d94d7bb2cbc09e8b7; from 12bb21a29c19aae50cfad4e2bb5c943108f34a7d, fixed in e0d724932ad12e3528f4ce97fc0f6078d0cce4bc; from 12bb21a29c19aae50cfad4e2bb5c943108f34a7d, fixed in 0a11262549ac2ac6fb98c7cd40a67136817e5a52; from 12bb21a29c19aae50cfad4e2bb5c943108f34a7d, fixed in 72a6e22c604c95ddb3b10b5d3bb85b6ff4dbc34f
- Linux: 5.17
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.17.0, fixed in 6.1.160; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.51; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.10.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fscache: delete fscache_cookie_lru_timer when fscache exits to avoid UAF The fscache_cookie_lru_timer is initialized when the fscache module is inserted, but is not deleted when the fscache module is removed. If timer_reduce() is called before removing the fscache module, the fscache_cookie_lru_timer will be added to the timer list of the current cpu. Afterwards, a use-after-free will be triggered in the softIRQ after removing the fscache module, as follows: ================================================================== BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff803c9e9 PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 21ffea067 P4D 21ffea067 PUD 21ffe6067 PMD 110a7c067 PTE 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/1 Tainted: G W 6.11.0-rc3 #855 Tainted: [W]=WARN RIP: 0010:__run_timer_base.part.0+0x254/0x8a0 Call Trace: <IRQ> tmigr_handle_remote_up+0x627/0x810 __walk_groups.isra.0+0x47/0x140 tmigr_handle_remote+0x1fa/0x2f0 handle_softirqs+0x180/0x590 irq_exit_rcu+0x84/0xb0 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x6e/0x90 </IRQ> <TASK> asm_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0x1a/0x20 RIP: 0010:default_idle+0xf/0x20 default_idle_call+0x38/0x60 do_idle+0x2b5/0x300 cpu_startup_entry+0x54/0x60 start_secondary+0x20d/0x280 common_startup_64+0x13e/0x148 </TASK> Modules linked in: [last unloaded: netfs] ================================================================== Therefore delete fscache_cookie_lru_timer when removing the fscahe module.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.160, 6.6.51, 6.10.10) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1fc36d5470335546c45799d94d7bb2cbc09e8b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0d724932ad12e3528f4ce97fc0f6078d0cce4bc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a11262549ac2ac6fb98c7cd40a67136817e5a52
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72a6e22c604c95ddb3b10b5d3bb85b6ff4dbc34f

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