# CVE-2024-50119: cifs: fix warning when destroy 'cifs_io_request_pool'

> A kernel warning and potential crash occur when destroying the CIFS I/O request pool due to incorrect memory pool cleanup logic.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 5 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2024-50119, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-50119, GHSA-gmmh-hrwh-ff24, UBUNTU-CVE-2024-50119

## What is CVE-2024-50119?

CVE-2024-50119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

cifs: fix warning when destroy 'cifs_io_request_pool'

There's a issue as follows:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 27826 at mm/slub.c:4698 free_large_kmalloc+0xac/0xe0
RIP: 0010:free_large_kmalloc+0xac/0xe0
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 ? __warn+0xea/0x330
 mempool_destroy+0x13f/0x1d0
 init_cifs+0xa50/0xff0 [cifs]
 do_one_initcall+0xdc/0x550
 do_init_module+0x22d/0x6b0
 load_module+0x4e96/0x5ff0
 init_module_from_file+0xcd/0x130
 idempotent_init_module+0x330/0x620
 __x64_sys_finit_module+0xb3/0x110
 do_syscall_64+0xc1/0x1d0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Obviously, 'cifs_io_request_pool' is not created by mempool_create().
So just use mempool_exit() to revert 'cifs_io_request_pool'.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-50119?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-50119?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2024-50119 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-50119 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-50119 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 5 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-50119 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50119/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50119/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-50119
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-50119
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-50119

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-50119/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.