CVE-2022-49914

btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at resolve_indirect_refs()

published May 1, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00203 · 9.7th percentile
Published
2025-05-01T14:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 14:10Z
    btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at resolve_indirect_refs()
    cvelistv5