Bug 2502496 (CVE-2026-64146) - CVE-2026-64146 kernel: erofs: fix metabuf leak in inode xattr initialization
Summary: CVE-2026-64146 kernel: erofs: fix metabuf leak in inode xattr initialization
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-64146
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-07-19 17:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-21 07:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-19 17:02:32 UTC
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.


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