CVE-2022-49913

btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at find_parent_nodes()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2025 at 02:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at find_parent_nodes() During backref walking, at find_parent_nodes(), if we are dealing with a data extent and we get an error while resolving the indirect backrefs, at resolve_indirect_refs(), or in the while loop that iterates over the refs in the direct refs rbtree, we end up leaking the inode lists attached to the direct refs we have in the direct refs rbtree that were not yet added to the refs ulist passed as argument to find_parent_nodes(). Since they were not yet added to the refs ulist and prelim_release() does not free the lists, on error the caller can only free the lists attached to the refs that were added to the refs ulist, all the remaining refs get their inode lists never freed, therefore leaking their memory. Fix this by having prelim_release() always free any attached inode list to each ref found in the rbtree, and have find_parent_nodes() set the ref's inode list to NULL once it transfers ownership of the inode list to a ref added to the refs ulist passed to find_parent_nodes().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.14 ≤ v < 5.10.1544.14 ≤ v < 5.15.784.14 ≤ v < 5.4.2244.14 ≤ v < 6.0.84.14 ≤ v < 6.15.11 ≤ v < 5.15.785.16 ≤ v < 6.0.85.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1544.146.1 rc16.1 rc26.1 rc386d5f994425252d8a40e2184c94a2682ae8ecfbf
Vendor states this is fixed in 222a3d533027b9492d5b7f5ecdc01a90f57bb5a9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 61e06128113711df0534c404fb6bb528eb7d2332 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6a6731a0df8c47ecc703bd7bb73459df767051e0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 83ea8c5b54d452a5769e605e3c5c687e8ca06d89 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 92876eec382a0f19f33d09d2c939e9ca49038ae5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.154 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.78 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.224 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/222a3d533027b9492d5b7f5ecdc01a90f57bb5a9
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61e06128113711df0534c404fb6bb528eb7d2332
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a6731a0df8c47ecc703bd7bb73459df767051e0
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83ea8c5b54d452a5769e605e3c5c687e8ca06d89
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92876eec382a0f19f33d09d2c939e9ca49038ae5

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-401

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