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CVE-2022-49408

ext4: fix memory leak in parse_apply_sb_mount_options() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

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

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 7edfd85b1ffd36593011dec96ab395912a340418 before 9ea3e6168948189cec31d0678d2b55b395f88491; affected 7edfd85b1ffd36593011dec96ab395912a340418 before f92ded66e9d0aa20b883a2a5183973abc8f41815; affected 7edfd85b1ffd36593011dec96ab395912a340418 before c069db76ed7b681c69159f44be96d2137e9ca989
Linux / Linuxaffected 5.17; unaffected 0 before 5.17; unaffected 5.17.14 through 5.17.*; unaffected 5.18.3 through 5.18.*; unaffected 5.19 through *

CWE

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