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CVE-2022-50300

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2025-09-15 Modified: 2026-08-04

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: fix extent map use-after-free when handling missing device in read_one_chunk Store the error code before freeing the extent_map. Though it's reference counted structure, in that function it's the first and last allocation so this would lead to a potential use-after-free. The error can happen eg. when chunk is stored on a missing device and the degraded mount option is missing. Bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216721

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-416

References