Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 24, 2026
ceph: fix a buffer leak in __ceph_setxattr()
CVE-2026-52962
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ceph: fix a buffer leak in __ceph_setxattr()
The old_blob in __ceph_setxattr() can store ci->i_xattrs.prealloc_blob value during the retry. However, it is never called the ceph_buffer_put() for the old_blob object. This patch fixes the issue of the buffer leak.
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8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fa13ceefbc5f36131110342743994cb3de80637mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bfdcefdaa6092a06cacd59389c7756b36e6de8cmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/521e5aba857fd267624892c8dd6295f22ce0267emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d3cc36b4e77a27ce7b686b7c59c7072bcb3fa8emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d3e8d2d648d5f0df29b4710246680f47695fe94mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc7abce4460e490dcb579eec770f175b150b685fmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0cb994605c84a159c1d00d72cdc8583c321ef95mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecf94823c5c6a20790bb76ed2816822b0beb0c22mitre
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