CVE-2022-50853

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

NFSv4: Fix a credential leak in _nfs4_discover_trunking()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel NFSv4 client where _nfs4_discover_trunking() failed to release a credential reference on an error path, leading to a credential leak. A local attacker can trigger this condition by causing memory allocation failures during NFS trunking discovery, resulting in a kernel resource leak.

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