CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-43066
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-401
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths
During code review, Joseph found that ext4_fc_replay_inode() calls
ext4_get_fc_inode_loc() to get the inode location, which holds a
reference to iloc.bh that must be released via brelse().
However, several error paths jump to the 'out' label without
releasing iloc.bh:
- ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() failure
- sync_dirty_buffer() failure
- ext4_mark_inode_used() failure
- ext4_iget() failure
Fix this by introducing an 'out_brelse' label placed just before
the existing 'out' label to ensure iloc.bh is always released.
Additionally, make ext4_fc_replay_inode() propagate errors
properly instead of always returning 0.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.10 < 5.10.253)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.203)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.168)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.131)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.80)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.21)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 6.19.11)
• linux linux kernel 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0892f12cd49fde5d5db68137923db107f894f3a3 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19782b4c793b49a6aa4abbb307ddff3610009d21 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a63033696e60b5d70816f1d119645ac5b0b0a03 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c90449a9ac2cd1ba540ad2561b8b70c1bfb0a25 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c426231e3d51916e83b6d1ab7ed8a65e83bca5b4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca99cbcc316cdfd2040cc2b13d1426ccb3b3b50b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec0a7500d8eace5b4f305fa0c594dd148f0e8d29 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7817ad399d604e8639005d87d148b5ec626ad26 Patch