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
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-10-01 12:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-03 16:17 UTC (History)
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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.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-10-01 23:21:29 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100121-CVE-2022-50465-fb12@gregkh/T
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