Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-50205
CVE-2022-50205
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.
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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/07303a9abe3a997d9864fb4315e34b5acfe8fc25nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bcdc31094a12b4baf59e241feabc9787cf635fanvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e63c5fe9123fa76ffaeff26c211308736ec3a07nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a48fdc88a3c35e046a6a0a38eba00f21c65b16envdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/96b18d3a1be0354ccce43f0ef61b5a3d7e432552nvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f423683818cfe15de14d5d9dff44148ff16bbfnvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d08bb199a406424a8ed0009efdf41710e6d849eenvdPatch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa78f336937240d1bc598db817d638086060e7e9nvdPatch
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