Bug 2269861 (CVE-2021-47116) - CVE-2021-47116 kernel: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path.
Summary: CVE-2021-47116 kernel: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2021-47116
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2269862
Blocks: 2269857
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Reported: 2024-03-16 18:36 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2024-04-21 18:48 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: kernel 5.10.43, kernel 5.12.10, kernel 5.13
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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.
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