fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path syzbot reported kmemleak as below: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff8880122f1540 (size 32): comm "a.out", pid 6664, jiffies 4294939771 (age 25.500s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ed ff ed ff 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] ntfs_init_fs_context+0x22/0x1c0 [] alloc_fs_context+0x217/0x430 [] path_mount+0x704/0x1080 [] __x64_sys_mount+0x18c/0x1d0 [] do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd This patch fixes this issue by freeing mount options on error path of ntfs_fill_super().
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.15.87, 6.0.17, 6.1.3
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-50451
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 05:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 1 Oct 2025, 11:45 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path syzbot reported kmemleak as below: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff8880122f1540 (size 32): comm "a.out", pid 6664, jiffies 4294939771 (age 25.500s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ed ff ed ff 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [] ntfs_init_fs_context+0x22/0x1c0 [] alloc_fs_context+0x217/0x430 [] path_mount+0x704/0x1080 [] __x64_sys_mount+0x18c/0x1d0 [] do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0 [] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd This patch fixes this issue by freeing mount options on error path of ntfs_fill_super().
osv:CVE-2022-50451
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.15.87, 6.0.17, 6.1.3
Complete source record
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