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CVE-2022-49352

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published Feb 26, 2025 linux EPSS 0.28% (20th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2022-49352 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on February 26, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix warning in ext4_handle_inode_extension

We got issue as follows:

EXT4-fs error (device loop0) in ext4_reserve_inode_write:5741: Out of memory

EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_setattr:5462: inode #13: comm syz-executor.0: mark_inode_dirty error

EXT4-fs error (device loop0) in ext4_setattr:5519: Out of memory

EXT4-fs error (device loop0): ext4_ind_map_blocks:595: inode #13: comm syz-executor.0: Can't allocate blocks for non-extent mapped inodes with bigalloc

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WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 4361 at fs/ext4/file.c:301 ext4_file_write_iter+0x11c9/0x1220

Modules linked in:

CPU: 1 PID: 4361 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 5.10.0+ #1

RIP: 0010:ext4_file_write_iter+0x11c9/0x1220

RSP: 0018:ffff924d80b27c00 EFLAGS: 00010282

RAX: ffffffff815a3379 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000003b000000

RDX: ffff924d81601000 RSI: 00000000000009cc RDI: 00000000000009cd

RBP: 000000000000000d R08: ffffffffbc

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.121 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-49352?

CVE-2022-49352 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on February 26, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2022-49352?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2022-49352?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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