CVE-2022-50839

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 16 %ileDEEURU

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.24% (16th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

42 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixedkernel-devel-rt-0:5.14.21-150500.13.118.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedkernel-rt-0:5.14.21-150500.13.118.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedkernel-source-rt-0:5.14.21-150500.13.118.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedkernel-rt-0:5.14.21-150400.15.142.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedkernel-rt-0:5.14.21-150400.15.142.1.x86_64 as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedkernel-source-rt-0:5.14.21-150400.15.142.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Fixedkernel-source-rt-0:5.14.21-150400.15.142.1.noarch as component of SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4suse_csaf
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · SUSE Product Security

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-911US

affected products (42)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Amazon Linux 2all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:amazon:linux_2:-
Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell Avamarall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:avamar:-
Dell NetWorkerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:dell:networker:-
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.5.0.0-10.5.0.20all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:datapower_gateway:10.5.0.0_-_10.5.0.20
IBM DataPower Gateway 10.6.0.0-10.6.0.8all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:datapower_gateway:10.6.0.0_-_10.6.0.8
IBM FlashSystemall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:flashsystem:-
IBM Power Hardware Management Consoleall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:hardware_management_console:-
IBM SAN Volume Controllerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:san_volume_controller:-
IBM Storwizeall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:storwize:-
Open Source Linux Kernelall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:linux:linux_kernel:unspecified
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
RESF Rocky Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:resf:rocky_linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Linux Linux≤ 5.10enisa_euvdEU
Linux Linuxall versionsenisa_euvdEU
Linux Linux< 5.10.150enisa_euvdEU
Linux Linux< 5.15.75enisa_euvdEU

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advisories (3)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1Security update for the Linux Kernel2026-01-22csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for the Linux Kernel
SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1Security update for the Linux Kernel2026-02-09csaf · suse_csafDE
Security update for the Linux Kernel
WID-SEC-W-2025-2941Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2025-12-30csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann diese Schwachstellen ausnutzen, um nicht näher spezifizierte Angriffe durchzuführen, die möglicherweise zu Denial‑of‑Service, Speicherbeschädigung oder weiteren nicht definierten Auswirkungen führen.

also known as (4)

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund suse_csaf NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-12-30modified 2026-07-08

references (17)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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