In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: provide block_invalidate_folio to fix memory leak

The ntfs3 filesystem lacks the 'invalidate_folio' method and it causes
memory leak. If you write to the filesystem and then unmount it, the
cached written data are not freed and they are permanently leaked.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00038.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
7ba13abbd31ee9265e88d7dc029c0f786e665192 affected < 0753245a72ec99824677586499ee2e0919164b3f
7ba13abbd31ee9265e88d7dc029c0f786e665192 affected < 724bbe49c5e427cb077357d72d240a649f2e4054
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.18 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.18
5.18.3 unaffected ≤ 5.18.*
5.19 unaffected ≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-54682 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: provide block_invalidate_folio to fix memory leak The ntfs3 filesystem lacks the 'invalidate_folio' method and it causes memory leak. If you write to the filesystem and then unmount it, the cached written data are not freed and they are permanently leaked.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0753245a72ec99824677586499ee2e0919164b3f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/724bbe49c5e427cb077357d72d240a649f2e4054 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022616-CVE-2022-49550-29a9@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49550 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49550 cve-icon
History

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics threat_severity

Low

 threat_severity

Moderate

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Weaknesses CWE-401
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Thu, 27 Feb 2025 13:30:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: provide block_invalidate_folio to fix memory leak The ntfs3 filesystem lacks the 'invalidate_folio' method and it causes memory leak. If you write to the filesystem and then unmount it, the cached written data are not freed and they are permanently leaked.
Title fs/ntfs3: provide block_invalidate_folio to fix memory leak
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T20:17:06.490Z

Reserved: 2025-02-26T02:08:31.590Z

Link: CVE-2022-49550

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-01T16:49:56.854Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2025-02-26T07:01:30.863

Modified: 2025-10-01T21:15:41.090

Link: CVE-2022-49550

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49550 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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