PT-2025-7992
CVE-2022-49064
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Published
2022-03-30
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Updated
2025-05-22
Description by
CVSS 3.1
5.5
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A vulnerability in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The issue is related to the cachefiles module, where an in-use flag leakage could occur in certain error paths, specifically in
cachefiles open file() and cachefiles create tmpfile(). This leakage could lead to an "Inode already in use" warning when another cookie with the same index key is looked up.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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