CVE-2022-50460
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Publication date: 2025-10-01

Last updated on: 2025-10-02

Assigner: kernel.org

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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Published
2025-10-01
Last Modified
2025-10-02
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2026-06-16
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2025-10-01
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
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CVE-2022-50460
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Vendor Product Version / Range
linux linux_kernel From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc)
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Executive Summary

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.

Impact Analysis

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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