CVE-2022-48712

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

20/06/2024

Last modified:

17/09/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix error handling in ext4_fc_record_modified_inode() Current code does not fully takes care of krealloc() error case, which could lead to silent memory corruption or a kernel bug. This patch fixes that. Also it cleans up some duplicated error handling logic from various functions in fast_commit.c file.

Impact

Vector 3.x

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

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		5.10.99 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.22 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	5.16.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2::::::

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

CVE-2022-48712

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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