# CVE-2024-50087: btrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free on read\_alloc\_one\_name() error

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.114
- Published: 2024-10-29 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.1.57, fixed in 6.1.114
- Linux: 6.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix uninitialized pointer free on read_alloc_one_name() error The function read_alloc_one_name() does not initialize the name field of the passed fscrypt_str struct if kmalloc fails to allocate the corresponding buffer. Thus, it is not guaranteed that fscrypt_str.name is initialized when freeing it. This is a follow-up to the linked patch that fixes the remaining instances of the bug introduced by commit e43eec81c516 ("btrfs: use struct qstr instead of name and namelen pairs").

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.114) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b37de9491f140a0ff125c27dd1050185c3accbc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fc7c47b9ba0cf2d192f2117a64b24881b0b577f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ec28de5e476913ae51f909660b4447eddb28838
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ab5e243c2266c841e0f6904fad1514b18eaf510

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