CVE-2022-49425

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.12-5.18.3 - NULL Pointer Dereference in F2FS List Iterator

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix dereference of stale list iterator after loop body The list iterator variable will be a bogus pointer if no break was hit. Dereferencing it (cur->page in this case) could load an out-of-bounds/undefined value making it unsafe to use that in the comparision to determine if the specific element was found. Since 'cur->page' *can* be out-ouf-bounds it cannot be guaranteed that by chance (or intention of an attacker) it matches the value of 'page' even though the correct element was not found. This is fixed by using a separate list iterator variable for the loop and only setting the original variable if a suitable element was found. Then determing if the element was found is simply checking if the variable is set.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 15.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (23)
linux/Kernel 4.12.0 - 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 < 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.12
Linux/Linux 4.19.247 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.121 - 5.10.*
... and 13 more
Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026