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CVE-2022-50845

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CVE-2022-50845

Published: Dec 30, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix inode leak in ext4_xattr_inode_create() on an error path There is issue as follows when do setxattr with inject fault: [localhost]# fsck.ext4 -fn /dev/sda e2fsck 1.46.6-rc1 (12-Sep-2022) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Unattached zero-length inode 15. Clear? no Unattached inode 15 Connect to /lost+found? no Pass 5: Checking group summary information /dev/sda: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors ********** /dev/sda: 15/655360 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 66755/2621440 blocks This occurs in 'ext4_xattr_inode_create()'. If 'ext4_mark_inode_dirty()' fails, dropping i_nlink of the inode is needed. Or will lead to inode leak.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
bd3b963b273e247e13979f98812a6e4979b5c1e4 - < 0f709e08caffb41bbc9b38b9a4c1bd0769794007
affected
bd3b963b273e247e13979f98812a6e4979b5c1e4 - < eab94a46560f68d4bcd15222701ced479f84f427
affected
bd3b963b273e247e13979f98812a6e4979b5c1e4 - < 9ef603086c5b796fde1c7f22a17d0fc826ba54cb
affected
bd3b963b273e247e13979f98812a6e4979b5c1e4 - < 9882601ee689975c1c0076ee65bf222a2a35e535
affected
bd3b963b273e247e13979f98812a6e4979b5c1e4 - < 322cf639b0b7f137543072c55545adab782b3a25

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.13
unaffected
0 - < 4.13
unaffected
4.14.303 - <= 4.14.*
unaffected
4.19.270 - <= 4.19.*
unaffected
5.4.229 - <= 5.4.*

+5 more versions

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