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CVE-2024-50013: exfat: fix memory leak in exfat_load_bitmap()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-401

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix memory leak in exfat_load_bitmap() If the first directory entry in the root directory is not a bitmap directory entry, 'bh' will not be released and reassigned, which will cause a memory leak.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.7 before 5.10.227; from 5.11 before 5.15.168; from 5.16 before 6.1.113; from 6.2 before 6.6.55; from 6.7 before 6.10.14; from 6.11 before 6.11.3 — fixed in 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.10.14, 6.11.3, 6.6.55

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.227, 5.15.168, 6.1.113, 6.10.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e1813e52f86eb8db0c6c9570251f2fcbc571f5d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89081e8407e637463db5880d168e3652fb9f4330
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf0b3b35259475d1fe377bcaa565488e26684f7a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2b537b3e533f28e0d97293fe9293161fe8cd137
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dca359db1eb37f334267ebd7e3cab9a66d191d5b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddf704c2ce3b73f38d2dd8cf1bb0f7ec038bdf63
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f692160d3e1e5450605071b8df8f7d08d9b09a83
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00001.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00002.html

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