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CVE-2022-49913
published 2025-05-01

CVE-2022-49913: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at find_parent_nodes() During backref…

PriorityP418medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.19%
9.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at find_parent_nodes() During backref walking, at find_parent_nodes(), if we are dealing with a data extent and we get an error while resolving the indirect backrefs, at resolve_indirect_refs(), or in the while loop that iterates over the refs in the direct refs rbtree, we end up leaking the inode lists attached to the direct refs we have in the direct refs rbtree that were not yet added to the refs ulist passed as argument to find_parent_nodes(). Since they were not yet added to the refs ulist and prelim_release() does not free the lists, on error the caller can only free the lists attached to the refs that were added to the refs ulist, all the remaining refs get their inode lists never freed, therefore leaking their memory. Fix this by having prelim_release() always free any attached inode list to each ref found in the rbtree, and have find_parent_nodes() set the ref's inode list to NULL once it transfers ownership of the inode list to a ref added to the refs ulist passed to find_parent_nodes().

Affected

16 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.0.8-1 (bookworm)linux 6.0.8-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 86d5f994425252d8a40e2184c94a2682ae8ecfbf < 6a6731a0df8c47ecc703bd7bb73459df767051e06a6731a0df8c47ecc703bd7bb73459df767051e0
linuxlinux>= 86d5f994425252d8a40e2184c94a2682ae8ecfbf < 61e06128113711df0534c404fb6bb528eb7d233261e06128113711df0534c404fb6bb528eb7d2332
linuxlinux>= 86d5f994425252d8a40e2184c94a2682ae8ecfbf < 222a3d533027b9492d5b7f5ecdc01a90f57bb5a9222a3d533027b9492d5b7f5ecdc01a90f57bb5a9
linuxlinux>= 86d5f994425252d8a40e2184c94a2682ae8ecfbf < 83ea8c5b54d452a5769e605e3c5c687e8ca06d8983ea8c5b54d452a5769e605e3c5c687e8ca06d89
linuxlinux>= 86d5f994425252d8a40e2184c94a2682ae8ecfbf < 92876eec382a0f19f33d09d2c939e9ca49038ae592876eec382a0f19f33d09d2c939e9ca49038ae5
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.158-15.10.158-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.8-16.0.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.8-16.0.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.8-16.0.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 4.14 < 5.4.2245.4.224
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11 < 5.15.785.15.78
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.0.86.0.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5 < 5.10.1545.10.154

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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