CVE-2022-50205

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's ext2 filesystem. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted or corrupted filesystem with invalid inode counts. This could lead to system crashes, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.

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 for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.