CVE-2022-49469
kernel: btrfs: fix anon_dev leak in create_subvol()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 26, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix anon_dev leak in create_subvol()
When btrfs_qgroup_inherit(), btrfs_alloc_tree_block, or btrfs_insert_root() fail in create_subvol(), we return without freeing anon_dev. Reorganize the error handling in create_subvol() to fix this.
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 2.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE-772 · Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime