Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 7, 2025· Updated Dec 23, 2025
ext4: fix potential memory leak in ext4_fc_record_regions()
CVE-2022-50512
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix potential memory leak in ext4_fc_record_regions()
As krealloc may return NULL, in this case 'state->fc_regions' may not be freed by krealloc, but 'state->fc_regions' already set NULL. Then will lead to 'state->fc_regions' memory leak.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 5.10
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfb769d60a2a57eb3566765428b6131cd16dcfemitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/417b0455a0b6d0f60a2930592731d1f8340e24bemitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/518566e71ad86b7c2f1bf6d9caee9588bb7ac158mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7069d105c1f15c442b68af43f7fde784f3126739mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4058b869e6c5e517c79e30532a350d0f3115c3emitre
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