CVE-2022-50839

Linux Kernel 5.10.0-6.0.2 - Buffer Head Reference Count Leak in jbd2_fc_wait_bufs

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: jbd2: fix potential buffer head reference count leak As in 'jbd2_fc_wait_bufs' if buffer isn't uptodate, will return -EIO without update 'journal->j_fc_off'. But 'jbd2_fc_release_bufs' will release buffer head from ‘j_fc_off - 1’ if 'bh' is NULL will terminal release which will lead to buffer head buffer head reference count leak. To solve above issue, update 'journal->j_fc_off' before return -EIO.

Scores

EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.9%

Details

Status published
Products (16)
linux/Kernel 5.10.0 - 5.10.150linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.75linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.17linux
linux/Kernel 5.20.0 - 6.0.3linux
Linux/Linux < 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10
Linux/Linux 5.10.150 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.75 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.17 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.0.3 - 6.0.*
... and 6 more
Published Dec 30, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026