{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2025-12-08T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: Linux kernel (ext4): Memory leak due to improper handling of krealloc failure",
    "id" : "2419941",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2419941"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-772",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\next4: fix potential memory leak in ext4_fc_record_modified_inode()\nAs krealloc may return NULL, in this case 'state->fc_modified_inodes'\nmay not be freed by krealloc, but 'state->fc_modified_inodes' already\nset NULL. Then will lead to 'state->fc_modified_inodes' memory leak.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext4 filesystem. This vulnerability occurs due to improper handling of memory allocation failures when the `krealloc` function returns NULL within `ext4_fc_record_modified_inode()`. A local user could potentially exploit this flaw, leading to a memory leak. This memory leak can ultimately result in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition on the affected system." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2023-05-09T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:2458",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2023-05-09T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:2458",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50622\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50622\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120852-CVE-2022-50622-9f34@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2022-50622",
  "csaw" : false
}