CVE-2025-38549

efivarfs: Fix memory leak of efivarfs_fs_info in fs_context error paths

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 16, 2025
Updated
May 11, 2026
Reserved
Apr 16, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

efivarfs: Fix memory leak of efivarfs_fs_info in fs_context error paths

When processing mount options, efivarfs allocates efivarfs_fs_info (sfi) early in fs_context initialization. However, sfi is associated with the superblock and typically freed when the superblock is destroyed. If the fs_context is released (final put) before fill_super is called—such as on error paths or during reconfiguration—the sfi structure would leak, as ownership never transfers to the superblock.

Implement the .free callback in efivarfs_context_ops to ensure any allocated sfi is properly freed if the fs_context is torn down before fill_super, preventing this memory leak.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 5329aa5101f73c451bcd48deaf3f296685849d9c to before 816d36973467d1c9c08a48bdffe4675e219a2e84Affected
  • 5329aa5101f73c451bcd48deaf3f296685849d9c to before e9fabe7036bb8be6071f39dc38605508f5f57b20Affected
  • 5329aa5101f73c451bcd48deaf3f296685849d9c to before 64e135f1eaba0bbb0cdee859af3328c68d5b9789Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.7Affected
  • before 6.7Not affected
  • 6.12.40 through 6.12.*Not affected
  • 6.15.8 through 6.15.*Not affected
  • 6.16 and laterNot affected

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