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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2022-50751" idYear: 2022 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-12-24T13:05:46.159Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:24:49.023Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50751" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50751.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50751" title: "configfs: fix possible memory leak in configfs_create_dir()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nconfigfs: fix possible memory leak in configfs_create_dir()\n\nkmemleak reported memory leaks in configfs_create_dir():\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff888009f6af00 (size 192):\n comm \"modprobe\", pid 3777, jiffies 4295537735 (age 233.784s)\n backtrace:\n kmem_cache_alloc (mm/slub.c:3250 mm/slub.c:3256 mm/slub.c:3263 mm/slub.c:3273)\n new_fragment (./include/linux/slab.h:600 fs/configfs/dir.c:163)\n configfs_register_subsystem (fs/configfs/dir.c:1857)\n basic_write (drivers/hwtracing/stm/p_basic.c:14) stm_p_basic\n do_one_initcall (init/main.c:1296)\n do_init_module (kernel/module/main.c:2455)\n ...\n\nunreferenced object 0xffff888003ba7180 (size 96):\n comm \"modprobe\", pid 3777, jiffies 4295537735 (age 233.784s)\n backtrace:\n kmem_cache_alloc (mm/slub.c:3250 mm/slub.c:3256 mm/slub.c:3263 mm/slub.c:3273)\n configfs_new_dirent (./include/linux/slab.h:723 fs/configfs/dir.c:194)\n configfs_make_dirent (fs/configfs/dir.c:248)\n configfs_create_dir (fs/configfs/dir.c:296)\n configfs_attach_group.isra.28 (fs/configfs/dir.c:816 fs/configfs/dir.c:852)\n configfs_register_subsystem (fs/configfs/dir.c:1881)\n basic_write (drivers/hwtracing/stm/p_basic.c:14) stm_p_basic\n do_one_initcall (init/main.c:1296)\n do_init_module (kernel/module/main.c:2455)\n ...\n\nThis is because the refcount is not correct in configfs_make_dirent().\nFor normal stage, the refcount is changing as:\n\nconfigfs_register_subsystem()\n configfs_create_dir()\n configfs_make_dirent()\n configfs_new_dirent() # set s_count = 1\n dentry-\u003ed_fsdata = configfs_get(sd); # s_count = 2\n...\nconfigfs_unregister_subsystem()\n configfs_remove_dir()\n remove_dir()\n configfs_remove_dirent() # s_count = 1\n dput() ...\n *dentry_unlink_inode()*\n configfs_d_iput() # s_count = 0, release\n\nHowever, if we failed in configfs_create():\n\nconfigfs_register_subsystem()\n configfs_create_dir()\n configfs_make_dirent() # s_count = 2\n ...\n configfs_create() # fail\n -\u003eout_remove:\n configfs_remove_dirent(dentry)\n configfs_put(sd) # s_count = 1\n return PTR_ERR(inode);\n\nThere is no inode in the error path, so the configfs_d_iput() is lost\nand makes sd and fragment memory leaked.\n\nTo fix this, when we failed in configfs_create(), manually call\nconfigfs_put(sd) to keep the refcount correct." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"90c38f57a821499391526b15cc944c265bd24e48"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"74ac7c9ee2d486c501e7864c903f5098fc477acd"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"07f82dca112262b169bec0001378126439cab776"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8bc77754224a2c8581727ffe2e958119b4e27c8f"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c72eb6e6e49a71f7598740786568fafdd013a227"},{"version":"7063fbf2261194f72ee75afca67b3b38b554b5fa","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c65234b283a65cfbfc94619655e820a5e55199eb"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.16"},{"version":"5.4.229","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.163","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.86","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.0.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.0.*"},{"version":"6.1.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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