{"id":"CVE-2022-49064","title":"cachefiles: unmark inode in use in error path","summary":"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 co…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 < b2055abafd3d4ee0376fb3eed5cae866316995a1","Linux >= 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 < ea5dc046127e857a7873ae55fd57c866e9e86fb2","Linux 5.17"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-11-05T19:42:41.382408Z"},"published":"2025-02-26","updated":"2026-11-05","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-05T19:49:35.815Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49064","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2055abafd3d4ee0376fb3eed5cae866316995a1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea5dc046127e857a7873ae55fd57c866e9e86fb2"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00222,"epssPercentile":0.12901,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-05T22:38:31.561Z","slug":"CVE-2022-49064","body":"## Overview\n\nIn 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 < b2055abafd3d4ee0376fb3eed5cae866316995a1`\n- `Linux >= 1f08c925e7a38002bde509e66f6f891468848511 < ea5dc046127e857a7873ae55fd57c866e9e86fb2`\n- `Linux 5.17`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}