CVE-2024-0775: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.1. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 6.4 (fixed in 6.4); version 6.4 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 9.0 only

Published 2024-01-22. Last modified 2026-08-10.