CVE-2026-64146CWE-401

CVE-2026-64146

Medium · published July 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

erofs: fix metabuf leak in inode xattr initialization

commit bb88e8da0025 ("erofs: use meta buffers for xattr operations")

converted xattr operations to use on-stack erofs_buf instances.

erofs_init_inode_xattrs() uses such a metabuf while reading the inline

xattr header and shared xattr id array.

Some error paths after erofs_read_metabuf() leave through out_unlock

without dropping the metabuf, so the folio reference can leak.

Consolidate the cleanup at out_unlock. erofs_put_metabuf() is a

no-op if no folio has been acquired, and this keeps all paths after

taking EROFS_I_BL_XATTR_BIT covered by a single cleanup site.

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
0.00127 · 2.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Published
2026-07-19T20:17Z
Affected products (5)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.17, < 7.0.117.0.11
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
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References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUL 15:40Z
    erofs: fix metabuf leak in inode xattr initialization
    cvelistv5