CVE-2022-49343

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Denial of Service via Corrupted ext4 Directory H-Tree

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 21.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 2.6.19 - 4.14.283linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.247linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.198linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.46linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.17.14linux
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 5.18.3linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.121linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.19
Linux/Linux 2.6.19
Linux/Linux 4.14.283 - 4.14.*
... and 16 more
Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026