CVE-2022-50770

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  • Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:03.813

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

ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_mount_volume()

There is a memory leak reported by kmemleak:

unreferenced object 0xffff88810cc65e60 (size 32):
comm “mount.ocfs2”, pid 23753, jiffies 4302528942 (age 34735.105s)
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 …………….
01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 …………….
backtrace:
[] __kmalloc+0x4d/0x150
[] ocfs2_compute_replay_slots+0x121/0x330 [ocfs2]
[] ocfs2_check_volume+0x485/0x900 [ocfs2]
[] ocfs2_mount_volume.isra.0+0x1e9/0x650 [ocfs2]
[] ocfs2_fill_super+0xe0b/0x1740 [ocfs2]
[] mount_bdev+0x312/0x400
[] legacy_get_tree+0xed/0x1d0
[] vfs_get_tree+0x7d/0x230
[] path_mount+0xd62/0x1760
[] do_mount+0xca/0xe0
[] __x64_sys_mount+0x12c/0x1a0
[] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
[] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

This call stack is related to two problems. Firstly, the ocfs2 super uses
“replay_map” to trace online/offline slots, in order to recover offline
slots during recovery and mount. But when ocfs2_truncate_log_init()
returns an error in ocfs2_mount_volume(), the memory of “replay_map” will
not be freed in error handling path. Secondly, the memory of “replay_map”
will not be freed if d_make_root() returns an error in ocfs2_fill_super().
But the memory of “replay_map” will be freed normally when completing
recovery and mount in ocfs2_complete_mount_recovery().

Fix the first problem by adding error handling path to free “replay_map”
when ocfs2_truncate_log_init() fails. And fix the second problem by
calling ocfs2_free_replay_slots(osb) in the error handling path
“out_dismount”. In addition, since ocfs2_free_replay_slots() is static,
it is necessary to remove its static attribute and declare it in header
file.

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How to fix CVE-2022-50770

CVE-2022-50770 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_mount_volume() There is a memory leak reported by kmemleak: unreferenced object 0xffff88810cc65e60 (size 32): comm “mount.ocfs2”, pid 23753, jiffies 4302528942 (age 34735.105s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 01 01 […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Dec 24, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Dec 24, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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