{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-49996","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-06-18T10:57:27.387Z","datePublished":"2025-06-18T11:00:56.175Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:10:42.578Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:10:42.578Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbtrfs: fix possible memory leak in btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path()\n\nIn btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path(), btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb() can fail if\nthe path is invalid. In this case, btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path()\nreturns directly without freeing args->uuid and args->fsid allocated\nbefore, which causes memory leak.\n\nTo fix these possible leaks, when btrfs_get_bdev_and_sb() fails,\nbtrfs_put_dev_args_from_path() is called to clean up the memory."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/btrfs/volumes.c"],"versions":[{"version":"321a81835b4aed4f717f89921286f6544ffa8be9","lessThan":"5f52402c77013e4a826394b807dd5ea4dc83bd72","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"faa775c41d655a4786e9d53cb075a77bb5a75f66","lessThan":"4b124ad87244cd7f0883c5eaa38d2326b2154cad","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"faa775c41d655a4786e9d53cb075a77bb5a75f66","lessThan":"9ea0106a7a3d8116860712e3f17cd52ce99f6707","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/btrfs/volumes.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.64","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.19.6","lessThanOrEqual":"5.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.15.54","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.64"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.16","versionEndExcluding":"5.19.6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.16","versionEndExcluding":"6.0"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f52402c77013e4a826394b807dd5ea4dc83bd72"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b124ad87244cd7f0883c5eaa38d2326b2154cad"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ea0106a7a3d8116860712e3f17cd52ce99f6707"}],"title":"btrfs: fix possible memory leak in btrfs_get_dev_args_from_path()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}