Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/huge_memory: drop beyond-EOF folios with the right number of refs
When an after-split folio is large and needs to be dropped due to EOF, folio_put_refs(folio, folio_nr_pages(folio)) should be used to drop all page cache refs. Otherwise, the folio will not be freed, causing memory leak.
This leak would happen on a filesystem with blocksize > page_size and a truncate is performed, where the blocksize makes folios split to >0 order ones, causing truncated folios not being freed.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | >= c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9, < 86368616a9ce51f6b41efa251b6e066893851d67; >= c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9, < 92ad820a1f2d95d5a8d6c2bd3f391bbb068a5f9e; >= c010d47f107f609b9f4d6a103b6dfc53889049e9, < 14efb4793519d73fb2902bb0ece319b886e4b4b9 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.9 |
References
Timeline
- Published
- Apr 3, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified