CVE-2022-49996

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.15.64 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix possible memory leak in btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path() In btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path(), btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb() can fail if the path is invalid. In this case, btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path() returns directly without freeing args->uuid and args->fsid allocated before, which causes memory leak. To fix these possible leaks, when btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb() fails, btrfs_put_dev_args_from_path() is called to clean up the memory.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-401
Status published

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.15.64
linux/linux_kernel
linux/linux_kernel
linux/Kernel < 5.15.64linux
linux/Kernel < 5.19.6linux

Timeline

Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026