{"id":"CVE-2022-49064","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"cachefiles: unmark inode in use in error path","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncachefiles: unmark inode in use in error path\n\nUnmark inode in use if error encountered. If the in-use flag leakage\noccurs in cachefiles_open_file(), Cachefiles will complain \"Inode\nalready in use\" when later another cookie with the same index key is\nlooked up.\n\nIf the in-use flag leakage occurs in cachefiles_create_tmpfile(), though\nthe \"Inode already in use\" warning won't be triggered, fix the leakage\nanyway.","publishedAt":"2025-02-26T01:54:33.164Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T18:52:19.827Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511","status":"affected","lessThan":"b2055abafd3d4ee0376fb3eed5cae866316995a1","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511","status":"affected","lessThan":"ea5dc046127e857a7873ae55fd57c866e9e86fb2","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/cachefiles/namei.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.17","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.17.4","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.17.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.18","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/cachefiles/namei.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2055abafd3d4ee0376fb3eed5cae866316995a1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea5dc046127e857a7873ae55fd57c866e9e86fb2"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:05:26.763Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49064.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-49064","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-02-26T01:54:33.164Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T18:52:19.827Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-02-26T01:49:39.244Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"cachefiles: unmark inode in use in error path","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncachefiles: unmark inode in use in error path\n\nUnmark inode in use if error encountered. If the in-use flag leakage\noccurs in cachefiles_open_file(), Cachefiles will complain \"Inode\nalready in use\" when later another cookie with the same index key is\nlooked up.\n\nIf the in-use flag leakage occurs in cachefiles_create_tmpfile(), though\nthe \"Inode already in use\" warning won't be triggered, fix the leakage\nanyway."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511","status":"affected","lessThan":"b2055abafd3d4ee0376fb3eed5cae866316995a1","versionType":"git"},{"version":"1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511","status":"affected","lessThan":"ea5dc046127e857a7873ae55fd57c866e9e86fb2","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/cachefiles/namei.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.17","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.17.4","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.17.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.18","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/cachefiles/namei.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2055abafd3d4ee0376fb3eed5cae866316995a1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea5dc046127e857a7873ae55fd57c866e9e86fb2"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T18:52:19.827Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.17","versionEndExcluding":"5.17.4"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.17","versionEndExcluding":"5.18"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}}