CVE-2021-47660 fs/ntfs3: Fix some memory leaks in an error handling path of 'log_replay()'

What is CVE-2021-47660?

CVE-2021-47660 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: Fix some memory leaks in an error handling path of 'log_replay()'

All error handling paths lead to 'out' where many resources are freed.

Do it as well here instead of a direct return, otherwise 'log', 'ra' and 'log->one_page_buf' (at least) will leak.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-47660?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2021-47660?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2021-47660 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-47660 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2021-47660, GHSA-4vrr-7c2m-7wxq, UBUNTU-CVE-2021-47660.