Is CVE-2022-49879 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-49879 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-49879?

CVE-2022-49879 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-49879?

CVE-2022-49879 has an EPSS score of 0.18% (8th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49879?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.158-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-49879

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix BUG_ON() when directory entry has invalid rec_len The rec_len field in the directory entry has to be a multiple of 4. A corrupted filesystem image can be used to hit a BUG() in ext4_rec_len_to_disk(), called from make_indexed_dir(). ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/ext4/ext4.h:2413! ... RIP: 0010:make_indexed_dir+0x53f/0x5f0 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ? add_dirent_to_buf+0x1b2/0x200 ext4_add_entry+0x36e/0x480 ext4_add_nondir+0x2b/0xc0 ext4_create+0x163/0x200 path_openat+0x635/0xe90 do_filp_open+0xb4/0x160 ? __create_object.isra.0+0x1de/0x3b0 ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x12/0x30 do_sys_openat2+0x91/0x150 __x64_sys_open+0x6c/0xa0 do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 The fix simply adds a call to ext4_check_dir_entry() to validate the directory entry, returning -EFSCORRUPTED if the entry is invalid.

CWE-617

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.158-1CVE-2022-49879

Fixed in:6.0.8-1CVE-2022-49879

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.18%probability of exploitation in 30 days

8thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 8% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch5

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CVE-2006-5779	High	7.5	75%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-27212	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-5740	High	7.5	59%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-28425	Medium	5.5	55%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-10.