{"cve":"CVE-2022-49996","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:27.337","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:42.540","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix possible memory leak in btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path()\n\nIn btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path(), btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb() can fail if\nthe path is invalid. In this case, btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path()\nreturns directly without freeing args->uuid and args->fsid allocated\nbefore, which causes memory leak.\n\nTo fix these possible leaks, when btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb() fails,\nbtrfs_put_dev_args_from_path() is called to clean up the memory.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b124ad87244cd7f0883c5eaa38d2326b2154cad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f52402c77013e4a826394b807dd5ea4dc83bd72","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ea0106a7a3d8116860712e3f17cd52ce99f6707"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49996","score":0.00243,"percentile":0.15489,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}