CVE-2022-50107

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50107
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50107.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-50107
Downstream
Published
2025-06-18T11:02:41Z
Modified
2025-10-16T06:20:08.322822Z
Summary
cifs: Fix memory leak when using fscache
Details

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

cifs: Fix memory leak when using fscache

If we hit the 'index == nextcached' case, we leak a refcount on the struct page. Fix this by using readaheadfolio() which takes care of the refcount for you.

References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0174ee9947bd0f24fee2794b35258960d108b7aa
Fixed
7105b4047481bc2950fb767cff328d8b75292c0f
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0174ee9947bd0f24fee2794b35258960d108b7aa
Fixed
ae497726cd090673a4d20ac725ccc2de8067a7a5
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
0174ee9947bd0f24fee2794b35258960d108b7aa
Fixed
c6f62f81b488d00afaa86bae26c6ce9ab12c709e

Affected versions

v5.*

v5.17
v5.17-rc2
v5.17-rc3
v5.17-rc4
v5.17-rc5
v5.17-rc6
v5.17-rc7
v5.17-rc8
v5.18
v5.18-rc1
v5.18-rc2
v5.18-rc3
v5.18-rc4
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.18.1
v5.18.10
v5.18.11
v5.18.12
v5.18.13
v5.18.14
v5.18.15
v5.18.16
v5.18.17
v5.18.2
v5.18.3
v5.18.4
v5.18.5
v5.18.6
v5.18.7
v5.18.8
v5.18.9
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v5.19.1

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.17.0
Fixed
5.18.18
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.19.0
Fixed
5.19.2