Bug 2541165 (CVE-2026-97606) - CVE-2026-97606 kernel: fs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super()
Summary: CVE-2026-97606 kernel: fs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97606
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 10:53 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 14:03 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 10:53:49 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs: autofs: fix memory leak in autofs_fill_super()

In autofs_fill_super(), we create a new inode using
autofs_new_ino(), however, if we fail to create root_inode,
(that is, root_inode failure path), we return -ENOMEM without
freeing the new inode(ino) that we created causing a memory leak.
Fix this by adding autofs_free_ino() to free the inode we created
in root_inode failure path before returning ENOMEM.


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