linux-kernel - Forwarded: [PATCH] btrfs: fix memory leak of fs

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <69396ef6.a70a0220.33cd7b.000c.GAE@google.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2025 05:00:38 -0800
From: syzbot <syzbot+eadd98df8bceb15d7fed@...kaller.appspotmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com
Subject: Forwarded: [PATCH] btrfs: fix memory leak of fs_devices in degraded
 seed device path

For archival purposes, forwarding an incoming command email to
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, syzkaller-bugs@...glegroups.com.

***

Subject: [PATCH] btrfs: fix memory leak of fs_devices in degraded seed device path
Author: kartikey406@...il.com

#syz test: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git master

In open_seed_devices(), when find_fsid() fails and we're in DEGRADED
mode, a new fs_devices is allocated via alloc_fs_devices() but is never
added to the seed_list before returning. This contrasts with the normal
path where fs_devices is properly added via list_add().

If any error occurs later in read_one_dev() or btrfs_read_chunk_tree(),
the cleanup code iterates seed_list to free seed devices, but this
orphaned fs_devices is never found and never freed, causing a memory
leak. Any devices allocated via add_missing_dev() and attached to this
fs_devices are also leaked.

Fix this by adding the newly allocated fs_devices to seed_list in the
degraded path, consistent with the normal path.

Fixes: 7239ff4b6f5b ("btrfs: handle missing seed devices when starting degraded")
Reported-by: syzbot+eadd98df8bceb15d7fed@...kaller.appspotmail.com
Closes: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=eadd98df8bceb15d7fed
Signed-off-by: Deepanshu Kartikey <kartikey406@...il.com>
---
 fs/btrfs/volumes.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
index ae1742a35e76..13c514684cfb 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/volumes.c
@@ -7128,6 +7128,7 @@ static struct btrfs_fs_devices *open_seed_devices(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,

 		fs_devices->seeding = true;
 		fs_devices->opened = 1;
+		list_add(&fs_devices->seed_list, &fs_info->fs_devices->seed_list);
 		return fs_devices;
 	}

-- 
2.43.0