CVE-2026-89576

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure metadata_take_snap() bumps the live superblock refcount and then dm_tm_shadow_block() allocates a new block for the metadata snapshot. If the subsequent dm_sm_inc_block() of writeset_tree_root or era_array_root fails, the function only unlocks the clone and returns. The newly allocated shadow block is never returned to the metadata space map, so each failed take-snap permanently leaks one metadata block. Free the clone with dm_sm_dec_block() on those error paths, matching the final step of metadata_drop_snap().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef00efb6fcaee88f50891279ceced17c614e97f7

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9fa68b89214bc65af0ef963af7ec3cce9f866e0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc731d7fddfd6149f5e88ea080475d18c36d3c64

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66ceeefb87ddb097b0546bafc581380b816b048

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6876ca330e741fb8886d12070cb6a7f9cb67257e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54dd21ca945ecc07885012b9f3e8197f091cfba0

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c5aa3bd8ec3912d2cd0b3fe092642b0d2b0713

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ff918637e3517f732188a3c39dbeae5b9cfb1b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-11

Updated: 2026-09-14

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.002