Bug 2532297 (CVE-2026-89576) - CVE-2026-89576 kernel: dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure
Summary: CVE-2026-89576 kernel: dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89576
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 22:12 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-18 17:01 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 22:12:21 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure

metadata_take_snap() bumps the live superblock refcount and then
dm_tm_shadow_block() allocates a new block for the metadata snapshot.
If the subsequent dm_sm_inc_block() of writeset_tree_root or
era_array_root fails, the function only unlocks the clone and
returns.  The newly allocated shadow block is never returned to the
metadata space map, so each failed take-snap permanently leaks one
metadata block.

Free the clone with dm_sm_dec_block() on those error paths, matching
the final step of metadata_drop_snap().


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