In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super
Buffer head references must be released before calling kill_bdev();
otherwise the buffer head (and its page referenced by b_data) will not
be freed by kill_bdev, and subsequently that bh will be leaked.
If blocksizes differ, sb_set_blocksize() will kill current buffers and
page cache by using kill_bdev(). And then super block will be reread
again but using correct blocksize this time. sb_set_blocksize() didn't
fully free superblock page and buffer head, and being busy, they were
not freed and instead leaked.
This can easily be reproduced by calling an infinite loop of:
systemctl start <ext4_on_lvm>.mount, and
systemctl stop <ext4_on_lvm>.mount
... since systemd creates a cgroup for each slice which it mounts, and
the bh leak get amplified by a dying memory cgroup that also never
gets freed, and memory consumption is much more easily noticed.
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Tue, 07 Jan 2025 18:00:00 +0000
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Weaknesses | CWE-401 | |
CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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cvssV3_1
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2024-03-15T20:14:25.901Z
Updated: 2024-12-19T07:35:35.013Z
Reserved: 2024-03-04T18:12:48.838Z
Link: CVE-2021-47119

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:24:39.956Z

Status : Analyzed
Published: 2024-03-15T21:15:07.013
Modified: 2025-01-07T17:31:16.383
Link: CVE-2021-47119
