ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super (Linux Linux)

CVE-2021-47119
MEDIUM 5.5

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.25 % · centile 17 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
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Linux
Statut NVD
Analyzed

Description

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.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Mémoire non libérée après sa durée de vie utile

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Configurations affectées (CPE NVD)

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 < 01d349a481f0591230300a9171330136f9159bcd ; affected ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 < 1385b23396d511d5233b8b921ac3058b3f86a5e1 ; affected ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 < afd09b617db3786b6ef3dc43e28fe728cfea84df
Linux · Linuxaffected 2.6.19 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.19 ; unaffected 5.10.43 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.12.10 ≤ 5.12.* ; unaffected 5.13 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD