CVE-2022-50512
Not scored
ext4: fix potential memory leak in ext4_fc_record_regions()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix potential memory leak in ext4_fc_record_regions() As krealloc may return NULL, in this case 'state->fc_regions' may not be freed by krealloc, but 'state->fc_regions' already set NULL. Then will lead to 'state->fc_regions' memory leak.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
October 7, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
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Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-50512
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix potential memory leak in ext4_fc_record_regions() As krealloc may return NULL, in this case 'state->fc_regions' may not be freed by krealloc, but 'state->fc_regions' already set NULL. Then will lead to 'state->fc_regions' memory leak.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cfb769d60a2a57eb3566765428b6131cd16dcfe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417b0455a0b6d0f60a2930592731d1f8340e24be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518566e71ad86b7c2f1bf6d9caee9588bb7ac158
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7069d105c1f15c442b68af43f7fde784f3126739
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4058b869e6c5e517c79e30532a350d0f3115c3e
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50512.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50512