CVE - CVE-2022-50205

CVE-ID
CVE-2022-50205	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07303a9abe3a997d9864fb4315e34b5acfe8fc25 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07303a9abe3a997d9864fb4315e34b5acfe8fc25 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bcdc31094a12b4baf59e241feabc9787cf635fa URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bcdc31094a12b4baf59e241feabc9787cf635fa MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e63c5fe9123fa76ffaeff26c211308736ec3a07 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e63c5fe9123fa76ffaeff26c211308736ec3a07 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a48fdc88a3c35e046a6a0a38eba00f21c65b16e URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a48fdc88a3c35e046a6a0a38eba00f21c65b16e MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96b18d3a1be0354ccce43f0ef61b5a3d7e432552 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96b18d3a1be0354ccce43f0ef61b5a3d7e432552 MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f423683818cfe15de14d5d9dff44148ff16bbf URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f423683818cfe15de14d5d9dff44148ff16bbf MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d08bb199a406424a8ed0009efdf41710e6d849ee URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d08bb199a406424a8ed0009efdf41710e6d849ee MISC:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa78f336937240d1bc598db817d638086060e7e9 URL:https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa78f336937240d1bc598db817d638086060e7e9
Assigning CNA
kernel.org
Date Record Created
20250618	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
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Assigned (20250618)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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