CVE-2022-49560

kernel: Linux kernel: exfat: Out-of-bounds read leads to denial of service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 26, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's exfat filesystem. This vulnerability allows a local unprivileged user to trigger a kernel crash via an out-of-bounds read by calling truncate with size 0.

Statement

Already fixed for the latest versions of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 (and later) and not applicable before (because the related source code was not being used).

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read