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CVE-2021-47116

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path.

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_mb_init_backend on error path. Fix a memory leak discovered by syzbot when a file system is corrupted with an illegally large s_log_groups_per_flex.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 5.10.43
from 5.11 before 5.12.10
Version 5.13

Weakness classification

References