{"id":"CVE-2022-50451","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path\n\nsyzbot reported kmemleak as below:\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880122f1540 (size 32):\n  comm…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path\n\nsyzbot reported kmemleak as below:\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880122f1540 (size 32):\n  comm…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-401"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 5.15, < 5.15.87","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.0.17","linux_kernel >= 6.1, < 6.1.3"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.1.3"],"published":"2025-10-01","updated":"2026-08-15","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50451","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2600c80ea7b39f987c3fa89287e73d62e322bbbd","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd9ccfb06bcdad30ad92d96c3affa38a458679e","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51e76a232f8c037f1d9e9922edc25b003d5f3414","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0df7d9cdbb12878155168b5234e99029e5377f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00162,"epssPercentile":0.0587,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-15T13:26:45.829Z","slug":"CVE-2022-50451","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path\n\nsyzbot reported kmemleak as below:\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880122f1540 (size 32):\n  comm \"a.out\", pid 6664, jiffies 4294939771 (age 25.500s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ed ff ed ff 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<ffffffff81b16052>] ntfs_init_fs_context+0x22/0x1c0\n    [<ffffffff8164aaa7>] alloc_fs_context+0x217/0x430\n    [<ffffffff81626dd4>] path_mount+0x704/0x1080\n    [<ffffffff81627e7c>] __x64_sys_mount+0x18c/0x1d0\n    [<ffffffff84593e14>] do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0\n    [<ffffffff84600087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nThis patch fixes this issue by freeing mount options on error path of\nntfs_fill_super().\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.15, < 5.15.87`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.0.17`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.1, < 6.1.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.1.3`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}