fs: Free any excess xarray nodes in clear_inode()
For many years we've had a hard to hit leak of xarray nodes. Hugh
documented it well in commit 786b31121a2c. Recently people and
syzbot have found ways to force it to happen with madvise. Rather
than fix the leaks where they happen, just call xa_destroy() which
has the side-effect of cycling the i_pages lock.
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| Weaknesses | CWE-401 |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: Free any excess xarray nodes in clear_inode() For many years we've had a hard to hit leak of xarray nodes. Hugh documented it well in commit 786b31121a2c. Recently people and syzbot have found ways to force it to happen with madvise. Rather than fix the leaks where they happen, just call xa_destroy() which has the side-effect of cycling the i_pages lock. | |
| Title | fs: Free any excess xarray nodes in clear_inode() | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-23T12:23:27.393Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.390Z
Link: CVE-2026-99080
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-23T13:17:32.160
Modified: 2026-10-23T13:17:32.160
Link: CVE-2026-99080
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-23T15:45:16Z
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CWE-401
Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime