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This\noccurs because the fail_per_node label doesn't call\ngfs2_destroy_threads().\n\nSecond leak: quota bitmap buffer (8192 bytes)\nWhen gfs2_make_fs_rw() fails after gfs2_quota_init() succeeds but\nbefore other operations complete, the allocated quota bitmap is never\nfreed.\n\nThe fix moves thread cleanup to the fail_per_node label to handle all\nerror paths uniformly. gfs2_destroy_threads() is safe to call\nunconditionally as it checks for NULL pointers. Quota cleanup is added\nin gfs2_make_fs_rw() to properly handle the withdrawal case where\nquota initialization succeeds but the filesystem is then withdrawn.\n\nThread leak backtrace (gfs2_freeze_lock_shared failure):\n unreferenced object 0xffff88801d7bca80 (size 4480):\n copy_process+0x3a1/0x4670 kernel/fork.c:2422\n kernel_clone+0xf3/0x6e0 kernel/fork.c:2779\n kthread_create_on_node+0x100/0x150 kernel/kthread.c:478\n init_threads+0xab/0x350 fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:611\n gfs2_fill_super+0xe5c/0x1240 fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:1265\n\nQuota leak backtrace (gfs2_make_fs_rw failure):\n unreferenced object 0xffff88812de7c000 (size 8192):\n gfs2_quota_init+0xe5/0x820 fs/gfs2/quota.c:1409\n gfs2_make_fs_rw+0x7a/0xe0 fs/gfs2/super.c:149\n gfs2_fill_super+0xfbb/0x1240 fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:1275"}], "id": "CVE-2026-45961", "lastModified": "2026-11-06T16:18:54.343", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2026-45961", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2026-11-06T16:03:04.826948Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2026-05-27T14:17:12.783", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fcca0f021ac8e2d19efddb6a733e8b6d4a3fb72"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4456be93464a599eac0eb2afa63b5d662e1599d8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4db5e4c8f1103b21005ab9e7fe9a5d2554438b74"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d049ba2c1723110f82227eaf521427980811169b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da6f5bbc2e7902f578b503f2a4c3d8d09ca4b102"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54229ecf49add8451d5f765a32c86ab4446e06c"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-401"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}