CVE-2026-64146 (GCVE-0-2026-64146)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 15:40 – Updated: 2026-07-19 15:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
erofs: fix metabuf leak in inode xattr initialization
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: fix metabuf leak in inode xattr initialization
commit bb88e8da0025 ("erofs: use meta buffers for xattr operations")
converted xattr operations to use on-stack erofs_buf instances.
erofs_init_inode_xattrs() uses such a metabuf while reading the inline
xattr header and shared xattr id array.
Some error paths after erofs_read_metabuf() leave through out_unlock
without dropping the metabuf, so the folio reference can leak.
Consolidate the cleanup at out_unlock. erofs_put_metabuf() is a
no-op if no folio has been acquired, and this keeps all paths after
taking EROFS_I_BL_XATTR_BIT covered by a single cleanup site.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
bb88e8da00253bea0e7f0f4cdfd7910572d7799f , < 492c73b21fefa36f3869cb2b188ffb7fe37b3a9b
(git)
Affected: bb88e8da00253bea0e7f0f4cdfd7910572d7799f , < 79b09c54c6563df9846ca3094bcfd72082c3e1d7 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.17
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.17 (semver) Unaffected: 7.0.11 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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