VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2022-50205

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.25%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-06-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references