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CVE-2026-98553

autofs: fix sbi->pipe file reference leak in autofs_kill_sb()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: autofs: fix sbi->pipe file reference leak in autofs_kill_sb() When autofs_fill_super() fails before clearing AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC (for example, when find_get_pid() fails on an invalid pgrp mount option, or when an fs_context is closed before mounting), deactivate_locked_super() invokes autofs_kill_sb() -> autofs_catatonic_mode(sbi). Because AUTOFS_SBI_CATATONIC is still set in sbi->flags, autofs_catatonic_mode() returns early without calling fput(sbi->pipe), permanently leaking the pipe struct file reference. Explicitly release sbi->pipe in autofs_kill_sb() if it is still non-NULL after autofs_catatonic_mode().

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

  • ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 to < 3684e2273ba94553af3c5195a46a50214a1a96e3affected
  • ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 to < 0662b1ff9b383d5a233d344e4dc518c27a17f7b8affected
  • ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 to < 34fa4c1c6e10507dc60e35a82cc9655666946cfdaffected
  • ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 to < a58593b501b7be5ad2bc5181bfa8cd4599be257caffected
  • ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 to < f1c57f5b16bbc3571bd479c290996c4d4e1fb931affected
  • ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 to < 4bcb371019097d0e357f097902587401c509bbc9affected
  • ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 to < fc4fd0281ac80b5a3c5a2330f688f0f9d2a420b6affected
  • ebc921ca9b92a3cf304d99bd7b7f373ec78c7ed7 to < aa5e44b29ffe4eaa08cc2237fd65bc2596bc023eaffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.18affected
  • 0 to < 4.18unaffected
  • 5.10.271 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.222 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.189 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.158 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.112 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.55 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.2.9 to ≤ 7.2.*unaffected
  • 7.3 to ≤ *unaffected

References