static int ext4_dx_add_entry(handle_t *handle, struct dentry *dentry,
			     struct inode *inode)
{
	struct dx_frame frames[2], *frame;
	struct dx_entry *entries, *at;
	struct dx_hash_info hinfo;
	struct buffer_head *bh;
	struct inode *dir = dentry->d_parent->d_inode;
	struct super_block *sb = dir->i_sb;
	struct ext4_dir_entry_2 *de;
	int err;

	frame = dx_probe(&dentry->d_name, dir, &hinfo, frames, &err);
	if (!frame)
		return err;
	entries = frame->entries;
	at = frame->at;

	if (!(bh = ext4_bread(handle, dir, dx_get_block(frame->at), 0, &err))) {
		if (!err) {
			err = -EIO;
			ext4_error(dir->i_sb,
				   "Directory hole detected on inode %lu\n",
				   dir->i_ino);
		}
		goto cleanup;
	}

	if (!buffer_verified(bh) &&
	    !ext4_dirent_csum_verify(dir, (struct ext4_dir_entry *)bh->b_data))
		goto journal_error;
	set_buffer_verified(bh);

	BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "get_write_access");
	err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, bh);
	if (err)
		goto journal_error;

	err = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, NULL, bh);
	if (err != -ENOSPC)
		goto cleanup;

	/* Block full, should compress but for now just split */
	dxtrace(printk(KERN_DEBUG "using %u of %u node entries\n",
		       dx_get_count(entries), dx_get_limit(entries)));
	/* Need to split index? */
	if (dx_get_count(entries) == dx_get_limit(entries)) {
		ext4_lblk_t newblock;
		unsigned icount = dx_get_count(entries);
		int levels = frame - frames;
		struct dx_entry *entries2;
		struct dx_node *node2;
		struct buffer_head *bh2;

		if (levels && (dx_get_count(frames->entries) ==
			       dx_get_limit(frames->entries))) {
			ext4_warning(sb, "Directory index full!");
			err = -ENOSPC;
			goto cleanup;
		}
		bh2 = ext4_append (handle, dir, &newblock, &err);
		if (!(bh2))
			goto cleanup;
		node2 = (struct dx_node *)(bh2->b_data);
		entries2 = node2->entries;
		memset(&node2->fake, 0, sizeof(struct fake_dirent));
		node2->fake.rec_len = ext4_rec_len_to_disk(sb->s_blocksize,
							   sb->s_blocksize);
		BUFFER_TRACE(frame->bh, "get_write_access");
		err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle, frame->bh);
		if (err)
			goto journal_error;
		if (levels) {
			unsigned icount1 = icount/2, icount2 = icount - icount1;
			unsigned hash2 = dx_get_hash(entries + icount1);
			dxtrace(printk(KERN_DEBUG "Split index %i/%i\n",
				       icount1, icount2));

			BUFFER_TRACE(frame->bh, "get_write_access"); /* index root */
			err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle,
							     frames[0].bh);
			if (err)
				goto journal_error;

			memcpy((char *) entries2, (char *) (entries + icount1),
			       icount2 * sizeof(struct dx_entry));
			dx_set_count(entries, icount1);
			dx_set_count(entries2, icount2);
			dx_set_limit(entries2, dx_node_limit(dir));

			/* Which index block gets the new entry? */
			if (at - entries >= icount1) {
				frame->at = at = at - entries - icount1 + entries2;
				frame->entries = entries = entries2;
				swap(frame->bh, bh2);
			}
			dx_insert_block(frames + 0, hash2, newblock);
			dxtrace(dx_show_index("node", frames[1].entries));
			dxtrace(dx_show_index("node",
			       ((struct dx_node *) bh2->b_data)->entries));
			err = ext4_handle_dirty_dx_node(handle, dir, bh2);
			if (err)
				goto journal_error;
			brelse (bh2);
		} else {
			dxtrace(printk(KERN_DEBUG
				       "Creating second level index...\n"));
			memcpy((char *) entries2, (char *) entries,
			       icount * sizeof(struct dx_entry));
			dx_set_limit(entries2, dx_node_limit(dir));

			/* Set up root */
			dx_set_count(entries, 1);
			dx_set_block(entries + 0, newblock);
			((struct dx_root *) frames[0].bh->b_data)->info.indirect_levels = 1;

			/* Add new access path frame */
			frame = frames + 1;
			frame->at = at = at - entries + entries2;
			frame->entries = entries = entries2;
			frame->bh = bh2;
			err = ext4_journal_get_write_access(handle,
							     frame->bh);
			if (err)
				goto journal_error;
		}
		err = ext4_handle_dirty_dx_node(handle, dir, frames[0].bh);
		if (err) {
			ext4_std_error(inode->i_sb, err);
			goto cleanup;
		}
	}
	de = do_split(handle, dir, &bh, frame, &hinfo, &err);
	if (!de)
		goto cleanup;
	err = add_dirent_to_buf(handle, dentry, inode, de, bh);
	goto cleanup;

journal_error:
	ext4_std_error(dir->i_sb, err);
cleanup:
	if (bh)
		brelse(bh);
	dx_release(frames);
	return err;
}

This vulnerability category highlights issues in resource management where failures to properly release memory, file handles, or other resources can degrade system performance or enable denial-of-service conditions.