{"id":"CVE-2022-50845","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-50845","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:36.333Z","title":"In 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…","description":"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 'ext4_xattr_inode_create()'. If 'ext4_mark_inode_dirty()'\nfails, dropping i_nlink of the inode is needed. Or will lead to inode leak.","published":"2025-12-30T13:15:59.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:24:17.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":null,"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00251,"percentile":0.1634,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"unknown","text":"Not yet scored. NVD analysis is pending; check back once CVSS and EPSS values are published."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f709e08caffb41bbc9b38b9a4c1bd0769794007","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/322cf639b0b7f137543072c55545adab782b3a25","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e5b46beba64706430a87a6d516054225e8ac8a","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9882601ee689975c1c0076ee65bf222a2a35e535","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ef603086c5b796fde1c7f22a17d0fc826ba54cb","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e4db04f7d3dbbe16680e0ded27ea2a65b10f766a","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eab94a46560f68d4bcd15222701ced479f84f427","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdaaf45786dc8c17a72901021772520fceb18f8c","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50845","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}