medium5.5
CVE-2026-46046
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix missing brelse() in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() The commit c8e008b60492 ("ext4…
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix missing brelse() in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() The commit c8e008b60492 ("ext4: ignore xattrs past end") introduced a refcount leak in when block_csum is false. ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() calls ext4_get_inode_loc() to get iloc.bh, but never releases it with brelse().
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 5.4.293 before 5.5 from 5.10.237 before 5.10.258 from 5.15.181 before 5.15.209 from 6.1.135 before 6.1.175 from 6.6.88 before 6.6.140 from 6.12.24 before 6.12.86 |
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/097227f1ffe1a85bc3c359f81c71e3d40e06e920
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/153ab2c52355fbebcae622db8e7b506492c73a29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bc1107a3a403a6d440673ed6666f7b07ef868a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e6b0a69bf2c9c819255c7566e4355536d81d9cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77d059519382bd66283e6a4e83ee186e87e7708f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b706d00206a9e82362a9633efbd8b5775650169b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd98a5603a212ea9c96c6982ccdbcc748fdb9a56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f072906688933bf47fabbaf63560be03357c8298
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html