CVE-2022-49550

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49550
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49550.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-49550
Downstream
Published
2025-02-26T02:14:00.717Z
Modified
2025-12-04T15:51:28.972053Z
Severity
  • 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
fs/ntfs3: provide block_invalidate_folio to fix memory leak
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: provide blockinvalidatefolio to fix memory leak

The ntfs3 filesystem lacks the 'invalidate_folio' method and it causes memory leak. If you write to the filesystem and then unmount it, the cached written data are not freed and they are permanently leaked.

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49550.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
7ba13abbd31ee9265e88d7dc029c0f786e665192
Fixed
0753245a72ec99824677586499ee2e0919164b3f
Fixed
724bbe49c5e427cb077357d72d240a649f2e4054

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.17
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.18.1
v5.18.2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49550.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.18.0
Fixed
5.18.3

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49550.json"