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VulnerabilityCVE-2024-38570

Linux kernel: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount When a DLM lockspace is released and there ares still locks in that lockspace, DLM will unlock those locks automatically.

At a glance

Exploited
Not known
Severity
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.1)
Chance of exploitation
0.7% in the next 30 days
Sources
1 source

What to do

Check the vendor advisory for affected versions and fixes.

Read NVD CVE-2024-38570 (opens a new tab)

What happened

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount

When a DLM lockspace is released and there ares still locks in that lockspace, DLM will unlock those locks automatically. Commit fb6791d100d1b started exploiting this behavior to speed up filesystem unmount: gfs2 would simply free glocks it didn't want to unlock and then release the lockspace. This didn't take the bast callbacks for asynchronous lock contention notifications into account, which remain active until until a lock is unlocked or its lockspace is released.

To prevent those callbacks from accessing deallocated objects, put the glocks that should not be unlocked on the sd_dead_glocks list, release the lockspace, and only then free those glocks.

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As an additional measure, ignore unexpected ast and bast callbacks if the receiving glock is dead.

Scores and how they were measured

CVSS base severity

9.8

Version 3.1As of

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Measurement source (opens a new tab)

How bad it is if exploited. Not a prediction of exploitation or proof you are exposed.

EPSS probability

0.7%

Scored Percentile 52.2%

Model and measurement source (opens a new tab)

A model's estimate of exploitation in the next 30 days, not certainty or your own risk.

Related technology

Sources

  1. Primary source

    NVD CVE-2024-38570 (opens a new tab)

    NVD record: description, CVSS (the CNA score is preferred), affected products, and publication date. Not evidence of exploitation.

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  2. Primary source

    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

    The NVD API page that supplied this CVE record.

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    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

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    NVD CVE API 2.0 (opens a new tab)

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    FIRST measured EPSS score (opens a new tab)

    Measured EPSS probability and percentile for CVE-2024-38570, scored 2026-10-30. This is a model estimate, not proof of exposure.

    Published Checked

Cite this record

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APA

KEVWire. (2026, October 30). Linux kernel: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount (CVE-2024-38570). https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2024-38570

MLA

"Linux kernel: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount (CVE-2024-38570)." KEVWire, 30 Oct. 2026, kevwire.com/record/CVE-2024-38570.

Chicago

KEVWire. "Linux kernel: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount (CVE-2024-38570)." Last modified October 30, 2026. https://kevwire.com/record/CVE-2024-38570.

Evidence summary (plain text)

Linux kernel: gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount (Jun 19, 2024).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

gfs2: Fix potential glock use-after-free on unmount

When a DLM lockspace is released and there ares still locks in that
lockspace, DLM will unlock those locks automatically.  Commit
fb6791d100d1b started exploiting this behavior to speed up filesystem
unmount: gfs2 would simply free glocks it didn't want to unlock and then
release the lockspace.  This didn't take the bast callbacks for
asynchronous lock contention notifications into account, which remain
active until until a lock is unlocked or its lockspace is released.
CVSS 9.8 (version 3.1; evidence as of Oct 30, 2026; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38570).
EPSS 0.7% for the following 30 days, scored Oct 30, 2026 (https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38570&date=2026-10-30).
Sources:
NVD CVE-2024-38570: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38570
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-10-30T13:06:45.042Z&lastModEndDate=2026-10-30T14:50:57.069Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-10-30T12:22:16.957Z&lastModEndDate=2026-10-30T14:05:57.373Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
NVD CVE API 2.0: https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?lastModStartDate=2026-10-30T11:45:59.009Z&lastModEndDate=2026-10-30T13:20:57.281Z&resultsPerPage=500&startIndex=0
FIRST measured EPSS score: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-38570&date=2026-10-30
Record ID: CVE-2024-38570.
Record origin: Ingested record.
AI evidence: Not assessed.
Known exploitation: Not assessed.
Zero-day status: Not assessed. KEV membership alone does not establish zero-day status.
About this data

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NVD status: Modified. Publication in the NVD is not evidence of exploitation.

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