Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix missing brelse() in ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() The commit c8e008b60492 (-ext4: ignore xattrs past end-) introduced a refcount leak in when block_csum is false. ext4_xattr_inode_dec_ref_all() calls ext4_get_inode_loc() to get iloc.bh, but never releases it with brelse().
CVSS 5.5EPSS 0.123%Risk 0.56
View source- Published
- 2026-05-27 14:17:24
- Affected versions
- unknown
- Type
- Core software
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Operating systems
- Linux