CVE-2022-48712
kernel: ext4: fix error handling in ext4_fc_record_modified_inode()
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 20, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix error handling in ext4_fc_record_modified_inode()
Current code does not fully takes care of krealloc() error case, which could lead to silent memory corruption or a kernel bug. This patch fixes that.
Also it cleans up some duplicated error handling logic from various functions in fast_commit.c file.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 6CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CWE-544 · Missing Standardized Error Handling Mechanism