fkie_cve-2025-38549
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2025-08-16 12:15
Modified
2025-11-18 18:10
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
efivarfs: Fix memory leak of efivarfs_fs_info in fs_context error paths
When processing mount options, efivarfs allocates efivarfs_fs_info (sfi)
early in fs_context initialization. However, sfi is associated with the
superblock and typically freed when the superblock is destroyed. If the
fs_context is released (final put) before fill_super is called—such as
on error paths or during reconfiguration—the sfi structure would leak,
as ownership never transfers to the superblock.
Implement the .free callback in efivarfs_context_ops to ensure any
allocated sfi is properly freed if the fs_context is torn down before
fill_super, preventing this memory leak.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | * | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 | |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
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