CVE-2022-50205

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

18/06/2025

Last modified:

19/11/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2: Add more validity checks for inode counts Add checks verifying number of inodes stored in the superblock matches the number computed from number of inodes per group. Also verify we have at least one block worth of inodes per group. This prevents crashes on corrupted filesystems.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.50 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

5.50

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		4.14.291 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.15 (including)	4.19.256 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.20 (including)	5.4.211 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.137 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.61 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	5.18.18 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.19 (including)	5.19.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2022-50205

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools