GHSA-CMJR-FQJM-V74Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-12-30 15:30 – Updated: 2025-12-30 15:30In 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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-50845"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-12-30T13:15:59Z",
"severity": null
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix inode leak in ext4_xattr_inode_create() on an error path\n\nThere is issue as follows when do setxattr with inject fault:\n\n[localhost]# fsck.ext4 -fn /dev/sda\ne2fsck 1.46.6-rc1 (12-Sep-2022)\nPass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes\nPass 2: Checking directory structure\nPass 3: Checking directory connectivity\nPass 4: Checking reference counts\nUnattached zero-length inode 15. Clear? no\n\nUnattached inode 15\nConnect to /lost+found? no\n\nPass 5: Checking group summary information\n\n/dev/sda: ********** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **********\n\n/dev/sda: 15/655360 files (0.0% non-contiguous), 66755/2621440 blocks\n\nThis occurs in \u0027ext4_xattr_inode_create()\u0027. If \u0027ext4_mark_inode_dirty()\u0027\nfails, dropping i_nlink of the inode is needed. Or will lead to inode leak.",
"id": "GHSA-cmjr-fqjm-v74q",
"modified": "2025-12-30T15:30:28Z",
"published": "2025-12-30T15:30:28Z",
"references": [
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50845"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f709e08caffb41bbc9b38b9a4c1bd0769794007"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/322cf639b0b7f137543072c55545adab782b3a25"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e5b46beba64706430a87a6d516054225e8ac8a"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9882601ee689975c1c0076ee65bf222a2a35e535"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
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