In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix mb_cache_entry's e_refcnt leak in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find()
Syzbot reports a warning as follows:
============================================ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 at fs/mbcache.c:419 mb_cache_destroy+0x224/0x290 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 5075 Comm: syz-executor199 Not tainted 6.9.0-rc6-gb947cc5bf6d7 RIP: 0010:mb_cache_destroy+0x224/0x290 fs/mbcache.c:419 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_put_super+0x6d4/0xcd0 fs/ext4/super.c:1375 generic_shutdown_super+0x136/0x2d0 fs/super.c:641 kill_block_super+0x44/0x90 fs/super.c:1675 ext4_kill_sb+0x68/0xa0 fs/ext4/super.c:7327 [...] ============================================
This is because when finding an entry in ext4_xattr_block_cache_find(), if ext4_sb_bread() returns -ENOMEM, the ce's e_refcnt, which has already grown in the __entry_find(), won't be put away, and eventually trigger the above issue in mb_cache_destroy() due to reference count leakage.
So call mb_cache_entry_put() on the -ENOMEM error branch as a quick fix.
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| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade kernel-toolsUpgrade kernel-libbpf-staticUpgrade kernel-modules-extra-commonUpgrade kernel-headersUpgrade kernel-libbpf-develUpgrade kernelUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64Upgrade bpftool-debuginfoUpgrade perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-libbpfUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.1.94-99.176Upgrade kernel-modules-extraUpgrade python3-perfUpgrade kernel-develUpgrade bpftoolUpgrade kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade perfUpgrade kernel-tools-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-debuginfoUpgrade python3-perf-debuginfoUpgrade kernel-tools-devel | Jun 11, 2025 | Jun 25, 2024 |
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| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Oct 13, 2025 | Jun 25, 2024 |
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