# CVE-2023-52526: erofs: fix memory leak of LZMA global compressed deduplication

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-02 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix memory leak of LZMA global compressed deduplication When stressing microLZMA EROFS images with the new global compressed deduplication feature enabled (`-Ededupe`), I found some short-lived temporary pages weren't properly released, which could slowly cause unexpected OOMs hours later. Let's fix it now (LZ4 and DEFLATE don't have this issue.)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a5a8f0a9740f865693d5aa97a42cc4504538e18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c955751cbf864cf2055117dd3fe7f780d2a57b56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75a5221630fe5aa3fedba7a06be618db0f79ba1e

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