FKIE_CVE-2022-49408

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-02-26 07:01 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:17
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leak in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() If processing the on-disk mount options fails after any memory was allocated in the ext4_fs_context, e.g. s_qf_names, then this memory is leaked. Fix this by calling ext4_fc_free() instead of kfree() directly. Reproducer: mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/vdc tune2fs /dev/vdc -E mount_opts=usrjquota=file echo clear > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak mount /dev/vdc /vdc echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak sleep 5 echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ea3e6168948189cec31d0678d2b55b395f88491Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c069db76ed7b681c69159f44be96d2137e9ca989Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f92ded66e9d0aa20b883a2a5183973abc8f41815Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
linux linux_kernel *
linux linux_kernel *
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix memory leak in parse_apply_sb_mount_options()\n\nIf processing the on-disk mount options fails after any memory was\nallocated in the ext4_fs_context, e.g. s_qf_names, then this memory is\nleaked.  Fix this by calling ext4_fc_free() instead of kfree() directly.\n\nReproducer:\n\n    mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/vdc\n    tune2fs /dev/vdc -E mount_opts=usrjquota=file\n    echo clear \u003e /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n    mount /dev/vdc /vdc\n    echo scan \u003e /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n    sleep 5\n    echo scan \u003e /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n    cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak"
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      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: ext4: se corrige la p\u00e9rdida de memoria en parse_apply_sb_mount_options() Si el procesamiento de las opciones de montaje en disco falla despu\u00e9s de que se haya asignado memoria en ext4_fs_context, por ejemplo, s_qf_names, entonces se produce una p\u00e9rdida de memoria. Corrija esto llamando a ext4_fc_free() en lugar de kfree() directamente. Reproductor: mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/vdc tune2fs /dev/vdc -E mount_opts=usrjquota=file echo clear \u0026gt; /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak mount /dev/vdc /vdc echo scan \u0026gt; /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak sleep 5 echo scan \u0026gt; /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak"
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