CVE-2022-49739
kernel: gfs2: Always check inode size of inline inodes
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · March 27, 2025
Updated · August 19, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's GFS2 filesystem. A local attacker with low privileges could craft a malicious GFS2 filesystem with an out-of-range inode size for inline inodes. This improper handling of inode sizes when reading from disk could lead to on-disk corruption, resulting in a denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-1284 · Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input