PT-2025-8277 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Jan Kara

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Published

2022-05-24

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Updated

2025-04-16

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CVE-2022-49343

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A maliciously corrupted filesystem can contain cycles in the h-tree stored inside a directory, potentially leading to the kernel corrupting tree nodes and accessing unallocated memory. The issue arises when the kernel does a node split and traverses block numbers that are not unique.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Allocation of Resources Without Limits

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-02217
CESA-2022_7683
CVE-2022-49343
OPENSUSE-SU-2025_1263-1
RHSA-2022:7683
RHSA-2022:8267
RHSA-2022_7683
RHSA-2022_8267
SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1
SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1
SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
SUSE-SU-2025_1027-1
SUSE-SU-2025_1241-1
SUSE-SU-2025_1263-1
SUSE-SU-2025_1293-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux
Centos
Linux Kernel
Red Hat
Suse