Bug 2347761 (CVE-2022-49408)

Summary: CVE-2022-49408 kernel: ext4: fix memory leak in parse_apply_sb_mount_options()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:05:48 UTC
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

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 13:09:48 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022652-CVE-2022-49408-2973@gregkh/T

Comment 4 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 17:15:04 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022652-CVE-2022-49408-2973@gregkh/T