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CVE-2022-50451MEDIUM
Linux Linux — fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  N  N  H    5.5   .0015    4.8     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    78e4aebc35b3e4494a96ffe7534db7201aba869f –  —
  Linux    6.0 –                                       5.15.87
TIMELINE
  Sep 17  Reserved by Linux
  Oct 1   Published (CNA: Linux)
  Aug 15  ENRICHED — CVE-2022-50451 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.
CWE-401 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 4 references · NVD status: Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path syzbot reported kmemleak as below: BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff8880122f1540 (size 32): comm "a.out", pid 6664, jiffies 4294939771 (age 25.500s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ed ff ed ff 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<ffffffff81b16052>] ntfs_init_fs_context+0x22/0x1c0 [<ffffffff8164aaa7>] alloc_fs_context+0x217/0x430 [<ffffffff81626dd4>] path_mount+0x704/0x1080 [<ffffffff81627e7c>] __x64_sys_mount+0x18c/0x1d0 [<ffffffff84593e14>] do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0 [<ffffffff84600087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd This patch fixes this issue by freeing mount options on error path of ntfs_fill_super().

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
September 17, 2025ReservedReserved by Linux
October 1, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
August 15, 2026ENRICHEDENRICHED — CVE-2022-50451 (Linux). Received CVSS 5.5 and CPE data from NVD.

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux—78e4aebc35b3e4494a96ffe7534db7201aba869f—
LinuxLinux—6.05.15.87

Weaknesses

CWE-401

References (4)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2022-50451 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-401

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