CVE-2022-50485
MEDIUMLinux kernel - Use After Free
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: add EXT4_IGET_BAD flag to prevent unexpected bad inode There are many places that will get unhappy (and crash) when ext4_iget() returns a bad inode. However, if iget the boot loader inode, allows a bad inode to be returned, because the inode may not be initialized. This mechanism can be used to bypass some checks and cause panic. To solve this problem, we add a special iget flag EXT4_IGET_BAD. Only with this flag we'd be returning bad inode from ext4_iget(), otherwise we always return the error code if the inode is bad inode.(suggested by Jan Kara)
References (6)
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
1.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Classification
Status
draft
Affected Products (6)
linux/linux_kernel
< 5.4.229
linux/Kernel
< 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel
< 5.15.87linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.0.18linux
linux/Kernel
< 6.1.4linux
Timeline
Published
Oct 04, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026