# CVE-2022-49469: btrfs: fix anon\_dev leak in create\_subvol()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.9
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.8.3, fixed in 5.9
- Linux: 5.9

## 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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d887b3de318834f9aa637ecf79c6bc66cba7c69a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a875ad8706f0903a0e812e0dd701956ee9826ff
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2256e901f5bddc56e24089c96f27b77da932dfcc

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