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LIN1021-20614 : Security Advisory - linux - CVE-2022-50839

Created: Dec 31, 2025    Updated: Jan 6, 2026
Resolved Date: Jan 1, 2026
Found In Version: 10.21.20.2
Fix Version: 10.21.20.15
Severity: Standard
Applicable for: Wind River Linux LTS 21
Component/s: Kernel

Description

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

jbd2: fix potential buffer head reference count leak

As in 'jbd2_fc_wait_bufs' if buffer isn't uptodate, will return -EIO without
update 'journal->j_fc_off'. But 'jbd2_fc_release_bufs' will release buffer head
from ‘j_fc_off - 1’ if 'bh' is NULL will terminal release which will lead to
buffer head buffer head reference count leak.
To solve above issue, update 'journal->j_fc_off' before return -EIO.

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