Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 19, 2026· Updated Aug 17, 2026
CVE-2026-64146
CVE-2026-64146
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
erofs: fix metabuf leak in inode xattr initialization
commit bb88e8da0025 ("erofs: use meta buffers for xattr operations") converted xattr operations to use on-stack erofs_buf instances. erofs_init_inode_xattrs() uses such a metabuf while reading the inline xattr header and shared xattr id array.
Some error paths after erofs_read_metabuf() leave through out_unlock without dropping the metabuf, so the folio reference can leak.
Consolidate the cleanup at out_unlock. erofs_put_metabuf() is a no-op if no folio has been acquired, and this keeps all paths after taking EROFS_I_BL_XATTR_BIT covered by a single cleanup site.
Affected products
7cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.17,<7.0.11
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
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