{"cve":"CVE-2022-50451","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-01T12:15:38.050","modified":"2026-08-15T13:17:38.067","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path\n\nsyzbot reported kmemleak as below:\n\nBUG: memory leak\nunreferenced object 0xffff8880122f1540 (size 32):\n  comm \"a.out\", pid 6664, jiffies 4294939771 (age 25.500s)\n  hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  ................\n    00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ed ff ed ff 00 00 00 00  ................\n  backtrace:\n    [<ffffffff81b16052>] ntfs_init_fs_context+0x22/0x1c0\n    [<ffffffff8164aaa7>] alloc_fs_context+0x217/0x430\n    [<ffffffff81626dd4>] path_mount+0x704/0x1080\n    [<ffffffff81627e7c>] __x64_sys_mount+0x18c/0x1d0\n    [<ffffffff84593e14>] do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0\n    [<ffffffff84600087>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nThis patch fixes this issue by freeing mount options on error path of\nntfs_fill_super().","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/2600c80ea7b39f987c3fa89287e73d62e322bbbd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd9ccfb06bcdad30ad92d96c3affa38a458679e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51e76a232f8c037f1d9e9922edc25b003d5f3414","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0df7d9cdbb12878155168b5234e99029e5377f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50451","score":0.00166,"percentile":0.0585,"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."]}