Re: [oss-security] CVE-2024-50217: Linux kernel: btrfs: Use-after-free of block device file in __btrfs_free_extra_devids()

[Demi Marie Obenour]

On 4/10/25 8:22 AM, ake...@akendo.eu wrote:
> Hey everyone,
> 
> Not too sure how or whom to ask about: But I saw that there is CVE-2024-50217 
> that affects every kernel since 4.8.
> 
> However, it is only fixed on more recent version of the linux kernel like 
> 6.11 or 6.12. Any reason this wasn’t backported to older kernel versions?
Linux kernel patch backporting is best effort, sadly.
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Sincerely,
Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)