PT-2025-49463

CVE-2022-50622

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Published

2022-09-30

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Updated

2026-02-24

Description by

CVSS 2.0
4.6
Medium
MetricsAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A memory leak exists within the ext4 filesystem code, specifically in the ext4 fc record modified inode() function. The issue arises because krealloc may return NULL, potentially preventing the proper freeing of memory associated with state->fc modified inodes, leading to a memory leak.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
RHSA-2023:2458
SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1
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