CVE-2021-47119 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2021-47119 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 15/03/2024 | CVE Updated: 04/11/2024 | CVE Year: 2021
Source: Linux | Vendor: Linux | Product: Linux
Status : PUBLISHED

CVE-2021-47119 Description

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 .mount, and systemctl stop .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.

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CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: n/a
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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).