PT-2025-8277
CVE-2022-49343
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Published
2022-05-24
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Updated
2025-04-16
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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.
Exploitability
Exploit
Impacts
Vendors
Affected products
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