# CVE-2024-56630: ocfs2: free inode when ocfs2\_get\_init\_inode() fails

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: free inode when ocfs2_get_init_inode() fails syzbot is reporting busy inodes after unmount, for commit 9c89fe0af826 ("ocfs2: Handle error from dquot_initialize()") forgot to call iput() when new_inode() succeeded and dquot_initialize() failed.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/911fcc95b530615b484e8920741fc5e4bc4e684a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c19ea59965ebb482e227532f7bbb01792fb028c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5327720a4655303ffa3f632d86ee205dd783f32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67c2c6d0564ca05348ba4f8f6eaf7a0713f56c15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84d507d3290aca249b44ae992af9e10590cc5f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03db61c43c8e2729896fda6b9a95c7fb5c875c20
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/965b5dd1894f4525f38c1b5f99b0106a07dbb5db

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