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CVE-2026-43066

ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix iloc.bh leak in ext4_fc_replay_inode() error paths During code review, Joseph found that ext4_fc_replay_inode() calls ext4_get_fc_inode_loc() to get the inode location, which holds a reference to iloc.bh that must be released via brelse(). However, several error paths jump to the 'out' label without releasing iloc.bh: - ext4_handle_dirty_metadata() failure - sync_dirty_buffer() failure - ext4_mark_inode_used() failure - ext4_iget() failure Fix this by introducing an 'out_brelse' label placed just before the existing 'out' label to ensure iloc.bh is always released. Additionally, make ext4_fc_replay_inode() propagate errors properly instead of always returning 0.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2 to < 0892f12cd49fde5d5db68137923db107f894f3a3affected
  • 8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2 to < 5a63033696e60b5d70816f1d119645ac5b0b0a03affected
  • 8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2 to < 9c90449a9ac2cd1ba540ad2561b8b70c1bfb0a25affected
  • 8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2 to < ca99cbcc316cdfd2040cc2b13d1426ccb3b3b50baffected
  • 8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2 to < 19782b4c793b49a6aa4abbb307ddff3610009d21affected
  • 8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2 to < f7817ad399d604e8639005d87d148b5ec626ad26affected
  • 8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2 to < c426231e3d51916e83b6d1ab7ed8a65e83bca5b4affected
  • 8016e29f4362e285f0f7e38fadc61a5b7bdfdfa2 to < ec0a7500d8eace5b4f305fa0c594dd148f0e8d29affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 5.10affected
  • 0 to < 5.10unaffected
  • 5.10.253 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.203 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.168 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.131 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.80 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.21 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19.11 to ≤ 6.19.*unaffected
  • 7.0 to ≤ *unaffected

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