In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/huge_memory: drop beyond-EOF folios with the right number of refs When an after-split folio is large and needs to be dropped due to EOF, folio_put_refs(folio, folio_nr_pages(folio)) should be used to drop all page cache refs. Otherwise, the folio will not be freed, causing memory leak. This leak would happen on a filesystem with blocksize > page_size and a truncate is performed, where the blocksize makes folios split to >0 order ones, causing truncated folios not being freed.
| Version | Score | Severity | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 | Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Product | Vendor | Version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | n/a |
| Linux | Linux | n/a |
| Linux | Linux | < 10.0.22000.2295 |