CVE-2022-50743: erofs: Fix pcluster memleak when its block address is zero

Published Dec 24, 2025
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Updated

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

erofs: Fix pcluster memleak when its block address is zero

syzkaller reported a memleak: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=62f37ff612f0021641eda5b17f056f1668aa9aed

unreferenced object 0xffff88811009c7f8 (size 136): ... backtrace: [<ffffffff821db19b>] zerofsdoreadpage+0x99b/0x1740 [<ffffffff821dee9e>] zerofsreadahead+0x24e/0x580 [<ffffffff814bc0d6>] readpages+0x86/0x3d0 ...

syzkaller constructed a case: in zerofsregisterpcluster(), ztailpacking = false and map->mpa = zero. This makes pcl->obj.index be zero although pcl is not a inline pcluster.

Then following path adds refcount for grp, but the refcount won't be put because pcl is inline.

zerofsreadahead() zerofsdoreadpage() # for another page zerofscollectorbegin() erofsfindworkgroup() erofsworkgroupget()

Since it's illegal for the block address of a non-inlined pcluster to be zero, add check here to avoid registering the pcluster which would be leaked.

Affected Software

7 affected componentsFixes available
linux/kernel
debian/linux<6.1.4-1
6.1.4-1
debian/linux<6.1.4-1
6.1.4-1
debian/linux<6.1.4-1
6.1.4-1
linux/kernel>=5.17.0<6.0.16
6.0.16
linux/kernel>=6.1.0<6.1.2
6.1.2
debian/linux
6.1.176-16.1.190-16.12.107-16.12.116-17.2.15-17.3.4-1

Remediation

Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.

  1. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/linux to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.1.4-1
  2. Upgrade

    Upgrade linux/Kernel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.0.16
  3. Upgrade

    Upgrade linux/Kernel to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.1.2
  4. Upgrade

    Upgrade debian/linux to a version that resolves this vulnerability.

    Fixed in 6.1.176-1Fixed in 6.1.190-1Fixed in 6.12.107-1Fixed in 6.12.116-1Fixed in 7.2.15-1Fixed in 7.3.4-1

Event History

Dec 24, 2025
CVE Published
via MITRE·01:05 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·01:05 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via OSV·01:05 PM
DescriptionAffected Software
Data Sourced
via NVD·01:16 PM
Description

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