CVE-2022-50436
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.10.1-6.1.3 ext4_unlink DoS via Transaction Deadlock
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: don't set up encryption key during jbd2 transaction Commit a80f7fcf1867 ("ext4: fixup ext4_fc_track_* functions' signature") extended the scope of the transaction in ext4_unlink() too far, making it include the call to ext4_find_entry(). However, ext4_find_entry() can deadlock when called from within a transaction because it may need to set up the directory's encryption key. Fix this by restoring the transaction to its original scope.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0009
EPSS Percentile
0.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel
5.10.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.87linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.0.18linux
linux/Kernel
6.1.0 - 6.1.4linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.10
Linux/Linux
5.10
Linux/Linux
5.10.163 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.87 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
6.0.18 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux
6.1.4 - 6.1.*
... and 8 more
Published
Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026