ghsa-jgm3-v9g7-rfc3
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-05-01 15:31
Modified
2025-05-01 15:31
Details

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

btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at resolve_indirect_refs()

During backref walking, at resolve_indirect_refs(), if we get an error we jump to the 'out' label and call ulist_free() on the 'parents' ulist, which frees all the elements in the ulist - however that does not free any inode lists that may be attached to elements, through the 'aux' field of a ulist node, so we end up leaking lists if we have any attached to the unodes.

Fix this by calling free_leaf_list() instead of ulist_free() when we exit from resolve_indirect_refs(). The static function free_leaf_list() is moved up for this to be possible and it's slightly simplified by removing unnecessary code.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49914"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:16Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at resolve_indirect_refs()\n\nDuring backref walking, at resolve_indirect_refs(), if we get an error\nwe jump to the \u0027out\u0027 label and call ulist_free() on the \u0027parents\u0027 ulist,\nwhich frees all the elements in the ulist - however that does not free\nany inode lists that may be attached to elements, through the \u0027aux\u0027 field\nof a ulist node, so we end up leaking lists if we have any attached to\nthe unodes.\n\nFix this by calling free_leaf_list() instead of ulist_free() when we exit\nfrom resolve_indirect_refs(). The static function free_leaf_list() is\nmoved up for this to be possible and it\u0027s slightly simplified by removing\nunnecessary code.",
  "id": "GHSA-jgm3-v9g7-rfc3",
  "modified": "2025-05-01T15:31:52Z",
  "published": "2025-05-01T15:31:52Z",
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