[PATCH 1/4] erofs: fix incorrect early exits for invalid metabox-enabled images

Gao Xiang hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com
Thu Jan 22 20:17:44 AEDT 2026



On 2026/1/22 17:06, Chao Yu wrote:
> On 12/29/2025 5:29 PM, Gao Xiang wrote:
>> Crafted EROFS images with metadata compression enabled can trigger
>> incorrect early returns, leading to folio reference leaks.
>>
>> However, this does not cause system crashes or other severe issues.
>>
> 
> Will be better to add:
> 
> Cc: stable at kernel.org

Hi Chao,

will add later, I current have some environment issue.

Thanks,
Gao Xiang

> 
>> Fixes: 414091322c63 ("erofs: implement metadata compression")
>> Signed-off-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao at linux.alibaba.com>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao at kernel.org>
> 
> Thanks,



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