CVE-2022-49408

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Fix this by calling ext4_fc_free() instead of kfree() directly.\n\nReproducer:\n\n mkfs.ext4 -F /dev/vdc\n tune2fs /dev/vdc -E mount_opts=usrjquota=file\n echo clear > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n mount /dev/vdc /vdc\n echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n sleep 5\n echo scan > /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak\n cat /sys/kernel/debug/kmemleak"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: ext4: se corrige la p\u00e9rdida de memoria en parse_apply_sb_mount_options() Si el procesamiento de las opciones de montaje en disco falla despu\u00e9s de que se haya asignado memoria en ext4_fs_context, por ejemplo, s_qf_names, entonces se produce una p\u00e9rdida de memoria. Corrija esto llamando a ext4_fc_free() en lugar de kfree() directamente. 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