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"cveId": "CVE-2022-50751",
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"state": "PUBLISHED",
"assignerShortName": "Linux",
"dateReserved": "2025-12-24T13:02:21.544Z",
"datePublished": "2025-12-24T13:05:46.159Z",
"dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:24:49.023Z"
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nconfigfs: fix possible memory leak in configfs_create_dir()\n\nkmemleak reported memory leaks in configfs_create_dir():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff888009f6af00 (size 192):\n comm \"modprobe\", pid 3777, jiffies 4295537735 (age 233.784s)\n backtrace:\n kmem_cache_alloc (mm/slub.c:3250 mm/slub.c:3256 mm/slub.c:3263 mm/slub.c:3273)\n new_fragment (./include/linux/slab.h:600 fs/configfs/dir.c:163)\n configfs_register_subsystem (fs/configfs/dir.c:1857)\n basic_write (drivers/hwtracing/stm/p_basic.c:14) stm_p_basic\n do_one_initcall (init/main.c:1296)\n do_init_module (kernel/module/main.c:2455)\n ...\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff888003ba7180 (size 96):\n comm \"modprobe\", pid 3777, jiffies 4295537735 (age 233.784s)\n backtrace:\n kmem_cache_alloc (mm/slub.c:3250 mm/slub.c:3256 mm/slub.c:3263 mm/slub.c:3273)\n configfs_new_dirent (./include/linux/slab.h:723 fs/configfs/dir.c:194)\n configfs_make_dirent (fs/configfs/dir.c:248)\n configfs_create_dir (fs/configfs/dir.c:296)\n configfs_attach_group.isra.28 (fs/configfs/dir.c:816 fs/configfs/dir.c:852)\n configfs_register_subsystem (fs/configfs/dir.c:1881)\n basic_write (drivers/hwtracing/stm/p_basic.c:14) stm_p_basic\n do_one_initcall (init/main.c:1296)\n do_init_module (kernel/module/main.c:2455)\n ...\n\nThis is because the refcount is not correct in configfs_make_dirent().\nFor normal stage, the refcount is changing as:\n\nconfigfs_register_subsystem()\n configfs_create_dir()\n configfs_make_dirent()\n configfs_new_dirent() # set s_count = 1\n dentry->d_fsdata = configfs_get(sd); # s_count = 2\n...\nconfigfs_unregister_subsystem()\n configfs_remove_dir()\n remove_dir()\n configfs_remove_dirent() # s_count = 1\n dput() ...\n *dentry_unlink_inode()*\n configfs_d_iput() # s_count = 0, release\n\nHowever, if we failed in configfs_create():\n\nconfigfs_register_subsystem()\n configfs_create_dir()\n configfs_make_dirent() # s_count = 2\n ...\n configfs_create() # fail\n ->out_remove:\n configfs_remove_dirent(dentry)\n configfs_put(sd) # s_count = 1\n return PTR_ERR(inode);\n\nThere is no inode in the error path, so the configfs_d_iput() is lost\nand makes sd and fragment memory leaked.\n\nTo fix this, when we failed in configfs_create(), manually call\nconfigfs_put(sd) to keep the refcount correct."
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