GHSA-4H8W-644C-QCRW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-24 15:30 – Updated: 2026-08-04 12:34In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ubifs: Fix memleak when insert_old_idx() failed
Following process will cause a memleak for copied up znode:
dirty_cow_znode zn = copy_znode(c, znode); err = insert_old_idx(c, zbr->lnum, zbr->offs); if (unlikely(err)) return ERR_PTR(err); // No one refers to zn.
Fetch a reproducer in [Link].
Function copy_znode() is split into 2 parts: resource allocation and znode replacement, insert_old_idx() is split in similar way, so resource cleanup could be done in error handling path without corrupting metadata(mem & disk). It's okay that old index inserting is put behind of add_idx_dirt(), old index is used in layout_leb_in_gaps(), so the two processes do not depend on each other.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-54050"
],
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-24T13:16:06Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nubifs: Fix memleak when insert_old_idx() failed\n\nFollowing process will cause a memleak for copied up znode:\n\ndirty_cow_znode\n zn = copy_znode(c, znode);\n err = insert_old_idx(c, zbr-\u003elnum, zbr-\u003eoffs);\n if (unlikely(err))\n return ERR_PTR(err); // No one refers to zn.\n\nFetch a reproducer in [Link].\n\nFunction copy_znode() is split into 2 parts: resource allocation\nand znode replacement, insert_old_idx() is split in similar way,\nso resource cleanup could be done in error handling path without\ncorrupting metadata(mem \u0026 disk).\nIt\u0027s okay that old index inserting is put behind of add_idx_dirt(),\nold index is used in layout_leb_in_gaps(), so the two processes do\nnot depend on each other.",
"id": "GHSA-4h8w-644c-qcrw",
"modified": "2026-08-04T12:34:44Z",
"published": "2025-12-24T15:30:35Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6da0ab9847779e05a7416c7a98148b549de69ef"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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