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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49914

DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49914 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix inode list leak during backref walking at resolve_indirect_refs() During backref walking, at resolve_indirect_refs(), if we get an error we jump to the 'out' label and call ulist_free() on the 'parents' ulist, which frees all the elements in the ulist - however that does not free any inode lists that may be attached to elements, through the 'aux' field of a ulist node, so we end up leaking lists if we have any attached to the unodes. Fix this by calling free_leaf_list() instead of ulist_free() when we exit from resolve_indirect_refs(). The static function free_leaf_list() is moved up for this to be possible and it's slightly simplified by removing unnecessary code.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:12linux0, 0, 0
Debian:11linux*, 5.10.92-2, *
Debian:13linux0, 0, 0
Debian:14linux0, 0, 0

Timeline

  • May 1, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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