{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-50779","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-12-24T13:02:21.547Z","datePublished":"2025-12-24T13:06:07.873Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:25:22.956Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:25:22.956Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\norangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string()\n\nWhen insert and remove the orangefs module, then debug_help_string will\nbe leaked:\n\n  unreferenced object 0xffff8881652ba000 (size 4096):\n    comm \"insmod\", pid 1701, jiffies 4294893639 (age 13218.530s)\n    hex dump (first 32 bytes):\n      43 6c 69 65 6e 74 20 44 65 62 75 67 20 4b 65 79  Client Debug Key\n      77 6f 72 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 75 6e 6b 6e 6f 77  words are unknow\n    backtrace:\n      [<0000000004e6f8e3>] kmalloc_trace+0x27/0xa0\n      [<0000000006f75d85>] orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string+0x5e/0x480 [orangefs]\n      [<0000000091270a2a>] _sub_I_65535_1+0x57/0xf70 [crc_itu_t]\n      [<000000004b1ee1a3>] do_one_initcall+0x87/0x2a0\n      [<000000001d0614ae>] do_init_module+0xdf/0x320\n      [<00000000efef068c>] load_module+0x2f98/0x3330\n      [<000000006533b44d>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x113/0x1b0\n      [<00000000a0da6f99>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\n      [<000000007790b19b>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nWhen remove the module, should always free debug_help_string. Should\nalways free the allocated buffer when change the free_debug_help_string."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c"],"versions":[{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"44d3eac26a5e5268d11cc342dc202b0d31505c0a","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"f2b8a6aac561a49fe02c99683c40a8b87a9f68fc","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"ba9d3b9cec20957fd86bb1bf525b4ea8b64b2dea","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"2e7c09121064df93c58bbc49d3d0f608d3f584bd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"b8affa0c6405ee968dcb6030bee2cf719a464752","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"39529b79b023713d4f2d3479dc0ca43ba99df726","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"3fc221d9a16339a913a0341d3efc7fef339073e1","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"19be31668552a198e887762e25bdcc560800ecb4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac","lessThan":"d23417a5bf3a3afc55de5442eb46e1e60458b0a1","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/orangefs/orangefs-debugfs.c"],"versions":[{"version":"4.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"4.9","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.9.337","lessThanOrEqual":"4.9.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.14.303","lessThanOrEqual":"4.14.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"4.19.270","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.4.229","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.163","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.86","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0.16","lessThanOrEqual":"6.0.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.2","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.2","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":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"4.9.337"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"4.14.303"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"4.19.270"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.4.229"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.163"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.86"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.0.16"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.2"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"4.9","versionEndExcluding":"6.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44d3eac26a5e5268d11cc342dc202b0d31505c0a"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2b8a6aac561a49fe02c99683c40a8b87a9f68fc"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9d3b9cec20957fd86bb1bf525b4ea8b64b2dea"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7c09121064df93c58bbc49d3d0f608d3f584bd"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8affa0c6405ee968dcb6030bee2cf719a464752"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39529b79b023713d4f2d3479dc0ca43ba99df726"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fc221d9a16339a913a0341d3efc7fef339073e1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19be31668552a198e887762e25bdcc560800ecb4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d23417a5bf3a3afc55de5442eb46e1e60458b0a1"}],"title":"orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}