Bug 2269861 (CVE-2021-47116)

Summary:	CVE-2021-47116 kernel: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path.
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Avinash Hanwate <ahanwate>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot>
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	acaringi, allarkin, aquini, bhu, chwhite, cye, cyin, dbohanno, debarbos, dfreiber, drow, dvlasenk, esandeen, ezulian, hkrzesin, jarod, jburrell, jdenham, jfaracco, jforbes, jlelli, joe.lawrence, jshortt, jstancek, jwyatt, kcarcia, ldoskova, lgoncalv, lzampier, mleitner, mmilgram, mstowell, nmurray, ptalbert, rparrazo, rrobaina, rvrbovsk, rysulliv, scweaver, sidakwo, sukulkar, tglozar, tyberry, vkumar, wcosta, williams, wmealing, ycote, ykopkova, zhijwang
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	kernel 5.10.43, kernel 5.12.10, kernel 5.13	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
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Bug Depends On:	2269862
Bug Blocks:	2269857

Description Avinash Hanwate 2024-03-16 18:36:38 UTC

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

ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path.

The Linux kernel CVE team has assigned CVE-2021-47116 to this issue.

Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024031508-CVE-2021-47116-8383@gregkh/T/#u

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-03-16 18:37:13 UTC

Created kernel tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2269862]

Comment 2 Justin M. Forbes 2024-03-26 16:18:41 UTC

This was fixed for Fedora with the 5.12.10 stable kernel updates.

Comment 4 Alex 2024-06-09 16:48:40 UTC

The result of automatic check (that is developed by Alexander Larkin) for this CVE-2021-47116 is: CHECK	Maybe valid. Check manually. with impact LOW (that is an approximation based on flags DISK INIT SIMPLEFIX LEAK ERRORPATH  ; these flags parsed automatically based on patch data). Such automatic check happens only for Low/Moderates (and only when not from reporter, but parsing already existing CVE). Highs always checked manually (I check it myself and then we check it again in Remediation team). In rare cases some of the Moderates could be increased to High later.