CVE-2022-49469 btrfs: fix anon_dev leak in create_subvol()

What is CVE-2022-49469?

CVE-2022-49469 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:

btrfs: fix anon_dev leak in create_subvol()

When btrfs_qgroup_inherit(), btrfs_alloc_tree_block, or btrfs_insert_root() fail in create_subvol(), we return without freeing anon_dev. Reorganize the error handling in create_subvol() to fix this.

Weakness: CWE-401

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49469?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49469?

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-2022-49469 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49469 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 AZL-68681, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49469, GHSA-fh4q-xrmp-hv9j, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49469, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49469, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49469.