CVE-2022-49550

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: provide block_invalidate_folio to fix memory leak

The ntfs3 filesystem lacks the 'invalidate_folio' method and it causes memory leak. If you write to the filesystem and then unmount it, the cached written data are not freed and they are permanently leaked.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux7ba13abbd31ee9265e88d7dc029c0f786e665192 < 0753245a72ec99824677586499ee2e0919164b3faffected
LinuxLinux7ba13abbd31ee9265e88d7dc029c0f786e665192 < 724bbe49c5e427cb077357d72d240a649f2e4054affected
LinuxLinux5.18affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.18unaffected
LinuxLinux5.18.3 <= 5.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux5.19 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References