# CVE-2022-49107: ceph: fix memory leak in ceph\_readdir when note\_last\_dentry returns error

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-12

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.34

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: fix memory leak in ceph_readdir when note_last_dentry returns error Reset the last_readdir at the same time, and add a comment explaining why we don't free last_readdir when dir_emit returns false.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4429786129648a8f4bb1e5faa143c4478cc5c4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe82d3254029ef9ec4e7be890125d5ef4f537de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e792575b902a3939ca482491ee9fb3a236f99640
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f740ede35132d3d5d19747cad56a511d21bb156
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f639d9867eea647005dc824e0e24f39ffc50d4e4

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