CVE-2022-49550

fs/ntfs3: provide block_invalidate_folio to fix memory leak

Medium · published February 26, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00222 · 12.1th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T02:14Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:14Z
    fs/ntfs3: provide block_invalidate_folio to fix memory leak
    cvelistv5