In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

btrfs: fix memory leak in __add_inode_ref()

Line 1169 (#3) allocates a memory chunk for victim_name by kmalloc(),
but when the function returns in line 1184 (#4) victim_name allocated
by line 1169 (#3) is not freed, which will lead to a memory leak.
There is a similar snippet of code in this function as allocating a memory
chunk for victim_name in line 1104 (#1) as well as releasing the memory
in line 1116 (#2).

We should kfree() victim_name when the return value of backref_in_log()
is less than zero and before the function returns in line 1184 (#4).

1057 static inline int __add_inode_ref(struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans,
1058 struct btrfs_root *root,
1059 struct btrfs_path *path,
1060 struct btrfs_root *log_root,
1061 struct btrfs_inode *dir,
1062 struct btrfs_inode *inode,
1063 u64 inode_objectid, u64 parent_objectid,
1064 u64 ref_index, char *name, int namelen,
1065 int *search_done)
1066 {

1104 victim_name = kmalloc(victim_name_len, GFP_NOFS);
// #1: kmalloc (victim_name-1)
1105 if (!victim_name)
1106 return -ENOMEM;

1112 ret = backref_in_log(log_root, &search_key,
1113 parent_objectid, victim_name,
1114 victim_name_len);
1115 if (ret < 0) {
1116 kfree(victim_name); // #2: kfree (victim_name-1)
1117 return ret;
1118 } else if (!ret) {

1169 victim_name = kmalloc(victim_name_len, GFP_NOFS);
// #3: kmalloc (victim_name-2)
1170 if (!victim_name)
1171 return -ENOMEM;

1180 ret = backref_in_log(log_root, &search_key,
1181 parent_objectid, victim_name,
1182 victim_name_len);
1183 if (ret < 0) {
1184 return ret; // #4: missing kfree (victim_name-2)
1185 } else if (!ret) {

1241 return 0;
1242 }
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

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History

Fri, 20 Dec 2024 08:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 19 Aug 2024 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T07:14:11.185Z

Reserved: 2024-05-24T15:11:00.731Z

Link: CVE-2021-47585

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T05:39:59.778Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-19T15:15:53.057

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:36:36.300

Link: CVE-2021-47585

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-06-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-47585 - Bugzilla

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