2400704 – (CVE-2022-50465) CVE-2022-50465 kernel: Linux kernel ext4: Information Disclosure via uninitialized memory leak in fast-commit journal

Bug 2400704 (CVE-2022-50465) - CVE-2022-50465 kernel: Linux kernel ext4: Information Disclosure via uninitialized memory leak in fast-commit journal

Summary: CVE-2022-50465 kernel: Linux kernel ext4: Information Disclosure via uninitia...

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Status:	NEW
Alias:	CVE-2022-50465
Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Priority:	low
Severity:	low
Target Milestone:	---
Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported:	2025-10-01 12:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified:	2026-06-29 18:50 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-10-01 12:02:41 UTC

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

ext4: fix leaking uninitialized memory in fast-commit journal

When space at the end of fast-commit journal blocks is unused, make sure
to zero it out so that uninitialized memory is not leaked to disk.

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