CVE-2022-50460
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Publication date: 2025-10-01
Last updated on: 2025-10-02
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_flock()
If not flock, before return -ENOLCK, should free the xid,
otherwise, the xid will be leaked.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a resource leak in the Linux kernel's CIFS implementation. Specifically, when the cifs_flock() function does not perform a flock operation and returns an error (-ENOLCK), it fails to free an allocated transaction ID (xid), causing a xid leak.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The xid leak can lead to resource exhaustion in the kernel over time, potentially causing degraded system performance or instability when using CIFS file locking.
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