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Status published
Medium
CVE-2022-50465
ext4: fix leaking uninitialized memory in fast-commit journal
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix leaking uninitialized memory in fast-commit journal When space at the end of fast-commit journal blocks is unused, make sure to zero it out so that uninitialized memory is not leaked to disk.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8b7922374b00a44137e5bcdd46ef86c8b065f27
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871800770d7f2f952c7249ad52485c3564dab44e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9ba03eb03dc2dccb5450de388ea46bdcaaf8348
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c1fb65e8ce85c281d2cba9c236f9edbbc4eaca6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/594bc43b410316d70bb42aeff168837888d96810
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
aa75f4d3daaeb1389b9cce9d6b84401eaf228d4e, 5.10, 0, 5.10.163, 5.15.87, 6.0.18, 6.1.4, 6.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
October 1st, 2025
Last Modified:
May 11th, 2026
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.