CVE-2022-50451
Oct. 2, 2025, 7:12 p.m.
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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().
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Linux |
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*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| o | linux | linux_kernel | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | linux | ntfs3 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
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Published: Oct. 1, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 2, 2025, 7:12 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 2, 2025, 7:12 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
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