CVE-2022-50815 — Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 93.24%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size
Add sanity check that filesystem size does not exceed the underlying
device size and that group size is big enough so that metadata can fit
into it. This avoid trying to mount some crafted filesystems with
extremely large group counts.
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 — 40ff52527daec00cf1530c17a95636916ddd3b38+3
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-8xqr-g5fm-p394: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size
Add sanity check that file↗2025-12-30
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50815: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size Add sanity check that filesy↗2025-12-30