# CVE-2026-45961: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: fix memory leaks in gfs2_fill_super error... CVE-2026-45961 is fixed in 16 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45961, released May 27, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45961 - Priority: Routine - CVSS: 5.5 (medium) - EPSS: 0.0016 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: May 27, 2026 ## Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: fix memory leaks in gfs2_fill_super error path Fix two memory leaks in the gfs2_fill_super() error handling path when transitioning a filesystem to read-write mode fails. First leak: kthread objects (thread_struct, task_struct, etc.) When gfs2_freeze_lock_shared() fails after init_threads() succeeds, the created kernel threads (logd and quotad) are never destroyed. This occurs because the fail_per_node label doesn't call gfs2_destroy_threads(). Second leak: quota bitmap buffer (8192 bytes) When gfs2_make_fs_rw() fails after gfs2_quota_init() succeeds but before other operations complete, the allocated quota bitmap is never freed. The fix moves thread cleanup to the fail_per_node label to handle all error paths uniformly. gfs2_destroy_threads() is safe to call unconditionally as it checks for NULL pointers. Quota cleanup is added in gfs2_make_fs_rw() to properly handle the withdrawal case where quota initialization succeeds but the filesystem is then withdrawn. Thread leak backtrace (gfs2_freeze_lock_shared failure): unreferenced object 0xffff88801d7bca80 (size 4480): copy_process+0x3a1/0x4670 kernel/fork.c:2422 kernel_clone+0xf3/0x6e0 kernel/fork.c:2779 kthread_create_on_node+0x100/0x150 kernel/kthread.c:478 init_threads+0xab/0x350 fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:611 gfs2_fill_super+0xe5c/0x1240 fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:1265 Quota leak backtrace (gfs2_make_fs_rw failure): unreferenced object 0xffff88812de7c000 (size 8192): gfs2_quota_init+0xe5/0x820 fs/gfs2/quota.c:1409 gfs2_make_fs_rw+0x7a/0xe0 fs/gfs2/super.c:149 gfs2_fill_super+0xfbb/0x1240 fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:1275 ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | dtb-aarch64 opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-64kb opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-64kb sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-64kb sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-azure opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-azure sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-azure sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default-base opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default-base sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1.150700.17.37.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-default-base sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1.160000.2.17 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-docs opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-docs sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-docs sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-kvmsmall opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-kvmsmall sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17 sles 15.7 | 1-150700.1.3.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2799-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2799-1.md) | Jul 8, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_17 sles 15.7 | 1-150700.15.3.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-build opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-build sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-qa opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-obs-qa sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-rt opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-source opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-source sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-source sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-syms opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-syms sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-syms sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump opensuse-leap 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21388-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/opensuse-su-2026-21388-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump sles 15.7 | 6.4.0-150700.53.63.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:2722-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-2722-1.md) | Jul 1, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-zfcpdump sles 16.0 | 6.12.0-160000.36.1 | [SUSE-SU-2026:22835-1](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-22835-1.md) | Jul 21, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 6.12.115-2 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45961](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-45961.md) | May 27, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 6.19.6-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45961](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-45961.md) | May 27, 2026 | --- Data as of 2026-11-10T07:50:38Z UTC. 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