{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4534a70b7056fd4b9a1c6db5a4ce3c98546b291e"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2dd9ccfb06bcdad30ad92d96c3affa38a458679e"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ff0df7d9cdbb12878155168b5234e99029e5377f"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2600c80ea7b39f987c3fa89287e73d62e322bbbd"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "51e76a232f8c037f1d9e9922edc25b003d5f3414"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50451.json"
  },
  "details": "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    [\u003cffffffff81b16052\u003e] ntfs_init_fs_context+0x22/0x1c0\n    [\u003cffffffff8164aaa7\u003e] alloc_fs_context+0x217/0x430\n    [\u003cffffffff81626dd4\u003e] path_mount+0x704/0x1080\n    [\u003cffffffff81627e7c\u003e] __x64_sys_mount+0x18c/0x1d0\n    [\u003cffffffff84593e14\u003e] do_syscall_64+0x34/0xb0\n    [\u003cffffffff84600087\u003e] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nThis patch fixes this issue by freeing mount options on error path of\nntfs_fill_super().",
  "id": "CVE-2022-50451",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:07:51.912983431Z",
  "published": "2025-10-01T11:45:24.652Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2600c80ea7b39f987c3fa89287e73d62e322bbbd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dd9ccfb06bcdad30ad92d96c3affa38a458679e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51e76a232f8c037f1d9e9922edc25b003d5f3414"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff0df7d9cdbb12878155168b5234e99029e5377f"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50451.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50451"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "summary": "fs/ntfs3: Fix memory leak on ntfs_fill_super() error path"
}