CVE-2024-50088: btrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free in add_inode_ref()

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2024-10-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-824

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free in add_inode_ref() The add_inode_ref() function does not initialize the "name" struct when it is declared. If any of the following calls to "read_one_inode() returns NULL, dir = read_one_inode(root, parent_objectid); if (!dir) { ret = -ENOENT; goto out; } inode = read_one_inode(root, inode_objectid); if (!inode) { ret = -EIO; goto out; } then "name.name" would be freed on "out" before being initialized. out: ... kfree(name.name); This issue was reported by Coverity with CID 1526744.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.1.57 before 6.1.114; from 6.2 before 6.6.58; from 6.7 before 6.11.5; 6.12-rc1, 6.12-rc2, 6.12-rc3 — fixed in 6.1.114, 6.11.5, 6.6.58

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.1.114, 6.11.5, 6.6.58. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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