CVE-2022-50107

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.18.18 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix memory leak when using fscache If we hit the 'index == next_cached' case, we leak a refcount on the struct page. Fix this by using readahead_folio() which takes care of the refcount for you.

References (3)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7105b4047481bc2950fb767cff328d8b75292c0f

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae497726cd090673a4d20ac725ccc2de8067a7a5

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6f62f81b488d00afaa86bae26c6ce9ab12c709e

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0002

EPSS Percentile 3.7%

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 (10)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.18.18

linux/linux_kernel

linux/Kernel < 5.18.18linux

linux/Kernel < 5.19.2linux

Timeline

Published Jun 18, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026