CVE-2022-49914
Published: May 1, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 3301958b7c1dae8f0f5ded63aa881e0b71e78464 - < b1dc9019bb5f89abae85645de1a2dd4830c1f8e9affected 3301958b7c1dae8f0f5ded63aa881e0b71e78464 - < cded2c89774b99b67c98147ae103ea878c92a206affected 3301958b7c1dae8f0f5ded63aa881e0b71e78464 - < 2c0329406bb28109c07c6e23e5e3e0fa618a95d7affected 3301958b7c1dae8f0f5ded63aa881e0b71e78464 - < a52e24c7fcc3c5ce3588a14e3663c00868d36623affected 3301958b7c1dae8f0f5ded63aa881e0b71e78464 - < 6ba3479f9e96b9ad460c7e77abc26dd16e5dec4f+2 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.5unaffected 0 - < 3.5unaffected 4.14.299 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.265 - <= 4.19.*unaffected 5.4.224 - <= 5.4.*+4 more versions |
References
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