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CVE-2026-98553

autofs: fix sbi->pipe file reference leak in autofs_kill_sb() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: autofs: fix sbi->pipe file reference leak in autofs_kill_sb() When autofs_fill_super() fails before clearing AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC (for example, when find_get_pid() fails on an invalid pgrp mount option, or when an fs_context is closed before mounting), deactivate_locked_super() invokes autofs_kill_sb() -> autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi). Because AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC is still set in sbi->flags, autofs_catatonic_mode() returns early without calling fput(sbi->pipe), permanently leaking the pipe struct file reference. Explicitly release sbi->pipe in autofs_kill_sb() if it is still non-NULL after autofs_catatonic_mode().

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 before 3684e2273ba94553af3c5195a46a50214a1a96e3; affected ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 before 0662b1ff9b383d5a233d344e4dc518c27a17f7b8; affected ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 before 34fa4c1c6e10507dc60e35a82cc9655666946cfd; affected ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 before a58593b501b7be5ad2bc5181bfa8cd4599be257c; affected ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 before f1c57f5b16bbc3571bd479c290996c4d4e1fb931; affected ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 before 4bcb371019097d0e357f097902587401c509bbc9; affected ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 before fc4fd0281ac80b5a3c5a2330f688f0f9d2a420b6; affected ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 before aa5e44b29ffe4eaa08cc2237fd65bc2596bc023e
Linux / Linuxaffected 4.18; unaffected 0 before 4.18; unaffected 5.10.271 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.222 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.189 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.158 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.112 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.55 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.2.9 through 7.2.*; unaffected 7.3 through *

CWE

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