CVE-2022-49408

ext4: fix memory leak in parse_apply_sb_mount_options()

Medium · published February 26, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00258 · 16.5th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T02:12Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:12Z
    ext4: fix memory leak in parse_apply_sb_mount_options()
    cvelistv5