CVE-2022-50465

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.10.163 - Memory Leak

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix leaking uninitialized memory in fast-commit journal When space at the end of fast-commit journal blocks is unused, make sure to zero it out so that uninitialized memory is not leaked to disk.

References (5)

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594bc43b410316d70bb42aeff168837888d96810

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c1fb65e8ce85c281d2cba9c236f9edbbc4eaca6

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871800770d7f2f952c7249ad52485c3564dab44e

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b7922374b00a44137e5bcdd46ef86c8b065f27

[Patch] https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9ba03eb03dc2dccb5450de388ea46bdcaaf8348

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 2.6%

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 < 5.10.163

linux/Kernel < 5.10.163linux

linux/Kernel < 5.15.87linux

linux/Kernel < 6.0.18linux

linux/Kernel < 6.1.4linux

Timeline

Published Oct 01, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026