Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
f2fs: fix to avoid memory leak in f2fs_rename()
syzbot reported a f2fs bug as below:
BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff888127f70830 (size 16): comm "syz.0.23", pid 6144, jiffies 4294943712 hex dump (first 16 bytes): 3c af 57 72 5b e6 8f ad 6e 8e fd 33 42 39 03 ff <.Wr[...n..3B9.. backtrace (crc 925f8a80): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:44 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4520 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4844 [inline] __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:5237 [inline] __kmalloc_noprof+0x3bd/0x560 mm/slub.c:5250 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:954 [inline] fscrypt_setup_filename+0x15e/0x3b0 fs/crypto/fname.c:364 f2fs_setup_filename+0x52/0xb0 fs/f2fs/dir.c:143 f2fs_rename+0x159/0xca0 fs/f2fs/namei.c:961 f2fs_rename2+0xd5/0xf20 fs/f2fs/namei.c:1308 vfs_rename+0x7ff/0x1250 fs/namei.c:6026 filename_renameat2+0x4f4/0x660 fs/namei.c:6144 __do_sys_renameat2 fs/namei.c:6173 [inline] __se_sys_renameat2 fs/namei.c:6168 [inline] __x64_sys_renameat2+0x59/0x80 fs/namei.c:6168 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xe2/0xf80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
The root cause is in commit 40b2d55e0452 ("f2fs: fix to create selinux label during whiteout initialization"), we added a call to f2fs_setup_filename() without a matching call to f2fs_free_filename(), fix it.
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 | >= 7525dec4b34c80b3015c3f2ac143fd2bfc1febc3, < a76c1cad4e80a9802ef8048662255417e3ce5b79; >= 40b2d55e045222dd6de2a54a299f682e0f954b03, < c78206dcb912ab60b8ee3cbe8c48d749a9a12e1e; >= 40b2d55e045222dd6de2a54a299f682e0f954b03, < 047c0aef6af37a2a35181aa085c616ad286386f1; >= 40b2d55e045222dd6de2a54a299f682e0f954b03, < 369eb2016d8e2f01931b3bad1cb9cefa83f44003; >= 40b2d55e045222dd6de2a54a299f682e0f954b03, < 3cf11e6f36c170050c12171dd6fd3142711478fc; 1d1b89c9846e6a550eca3d2ce9323fb591e4f321; 64582cc5357cd984724cfb0835b4a34d9c279d31; >= 6.6.23, < 6.6.136; >= 6.7.11, < 6.8; >= 6.8.2, < 6.9 |
| Linux | Linux | 6.9 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/047c0aef6af37a2a35181aa085c616ad286386f1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/369eb2016d8e2f01931b3bad1cb9cefa83f44003Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cf11e6f36c170050c12171dd6fd3142711478fcPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a76c1cad4e80a9802ef8048662255417e3ce5b79Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c78206dcb912ab60b8ee3cbe8c48d749a9a12e1ePatch
Timeline
- Published
- May 1, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 11, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed