ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-23145
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.14 % · percentile 4 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref The error branch for ext4_xattr_inode_update_ref forget to release the refcount for iloc.bh. Find this when review code.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
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)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 1cfb3e4ddbdc8e02e637b8852540bd4718bf4814 < 7c9f059c3d531a12d7ad96cd34a44b8af7c00d5f ; affected 505e69f76ac497e788f4ea0267826ec7266b40c8 < 6241cd1d0acc2363016ac55b8773ba1332dd59d7 ; affected 3d6269028246f4484bfed403c947a114bb583631 < 3b00c16e42428a1ecd3a5eb9cc37f8ad9bd47626 ; affected 79ea7f3e11effe1bd9e753172981d9029133a278 < 0b06cde92f2f960f4ebe3c988c69f2711f2a24dc ; affected 6b879c4c6bbaab03c0ad2a983953bd1410bb165e < 8e8542c539927ae3898a4d02941f84e252e2dea1 ; affected 57295e835408d8d425bef58da5253465db3d6888 < 06e26287f2e349a28ad363941ffd9076bfed8b2e
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.18 ; unaffected 0 < 6.18 ; unaffected 5.10.249 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.199 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.162 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.122 ≤ 6.6.*

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