CVE-2026-72184

ntfs: fix hole runlist memory leak in insert range error path

State
Published
Severity
Not scored
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
Reserved
Aug 9, 2026

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Description

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

ntfs: fix hole runlist memory leak in insert range error path

ntfs_non_resident_attr_insert_range() allocates hole_rl before mapping the whole runlist. If ntfs_attr_map_whole_runlist() fails, the error path drops ni->runlist.lock and returns without freeing hole_rl. This leaks memory of sizeof(*hole_rl) * 2 bytes.

Fix this memory leak by freeing hole_rl before returning from that error path, matching the later error paths in the same function.

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Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed to before 7d7f72cb21a829682f6d8968af4fbe413789d1fdAffected
  • 495e90fa334828d4119061e2726af51d0a0fb4ed to before 06769b8f23b4b645b270c438649fff79768fb6feAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 7.1Affected
  • before 7.1Not affected
  • 7.1.5 through 7.1.*Not affected
  • 7.2 and laterNot affected

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