Tracker / CVE-2022-49343
CVE-2022-49343
High 7.8
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: avoid cycles in directory h-tree A maliciously corrupted filesystem can contain cycles in the h-tree stored inside a directory. That can easily lead to the kernel corrupting tree nodes that were already verified under its hands while doing a node split and consequently accessing unallocated memory. Fix the problem by verifying traversed block numbers are unique.
Affected products and versions
| linux | linux_kernel · … → 4.14.283 |
|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.15 → 4.19.247 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 4.20 → 5.4.198 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.11 → 5.15.46 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.16 → 5.17.14 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.18 → 5.18.3 |
| linux | linux_kernel · 5.5 → 5.10.121 |
Analysis
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