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CVE-2022-50815

UNSCORED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size Add sanity check that filesystem size does not exceed the underlying device size and that group size is big enough so that metadata can fit into it. This avoid trying to mount some crafted filesystems with extremely large group counts.

How to fix

Remediation Available
linuxDebian
Fixed in:6.0.3-1CVE-2022-50815
Fixed in:6.0.3-1CVE-2022-50815
Fixed in:6.0.3-1CVE-2022-50815

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

CVSS v3.1 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days
10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

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