Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-49550 - Memory Leak vulnerability in Linux Kernel 5.18.1/5.18.2
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 2 |