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CVE-2021-47119

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2021
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix memory leak in ext4_fill_super Buffer head references must be released before calling kill_bdev(); otherwise the buffer head (and its page referenced by b_data) will not be freed by kill_bdev, and subsequently that bh will be leaked. If blocksizes differ, sb_set_blocksize() will kill current buffers and page cache by using kill_bdev(). And then super block will be reread again but using correct blocksize this time. sb_set_blocksize() didn't fully free superblock page and buffer head, and being busy, they were not freed and instead leaked. This can easily be reproduced by calling an infinite loop of: systemctl start <ext4_on_lvm>.mount, and systemctl stop <ext4_on_lvm>.mount ... since systemd creates a cgroup for each slice which it mounts, and the bh leak get amplified by a dying memory cgroup that also never gets freed, and memory consumption is much more easily noticed.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571affectedgit01d349a481f0591230300a9171330136f9159bcdUnavailableNone listed
ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571affectedgit1385b23396d511d5233b8b921ac3058b3f86a5e1UnavailableNone listed
ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571affectedgitafd09b617db3786b6ef3dc43e28fe728cfea84dfUnavailableNone listed

Linux

Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
affected
Linux · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
2.6.19affectedUnavailableUnavailableUnavailableNone listed
0unaffectedsemver2.6.19UnavailableNone listed
5.10.43unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.10.*None listed
5.12.10unaffectedsemverUnavailable5.12.*None listed
5.13unaffectedoriginal_commit_for_fixUnavailable*None listed