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Linux Kernel CVE-2022-49880

MEDIUM
2025-05-01 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
1.9 LOW
qualitative

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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:39 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:39 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
May 01, 2025 - 15:16 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix warning in 'ext4_da_release_space'

Syzkaller report issue as follows: EXT4-fs (loop0): Free/Dirty block details EXT4-fs (loop0): free_blocks=0 EXT4-fs (loop0): dirty_blocks=0 EXT4-fs (loop0): Block reservation details EXT4-fs (loop0): i_reserved_data_blocks=0 EXT4-fs warning (device loop0): ext4_da_release_space:1527: ext4_da_release_space: ino 18, to_free 1 with only 0 reserved data blocks ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 92 at fs/ext4/inode.c:1528 ext4_da_release_space+0x25e/0x370 fs/ext4/inode.c:1524 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 92 Comm: kworker/u4:4 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-09423-g493ffd6605b2 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0) RIP: 0010:ext4_da_release_space+0x25e/0x370 fs/ext4/inode.c:1528 RSP: 0018:ffffc900015f6c90 EFLAGS: 00010296 RAX: 42215896cd52ea00 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 42215896cd52ea00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 1ffff1100e907d96 R08: ffffffff816aa79d R09: fffff520002bece5 R10: fffff520002bece5 R11: 1ffff920002bece4 R12: ffff888021fd2000 R13: ffff88807483ecb0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff88807483e740 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005555569ba628 CR3: 000000000c88e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_es_remove_extent+0x1ab/0x260 fs/ext4/extents_status.c:1461 mpage_release_unused_pages+0x24d/0xef0 fs/ext4/inode.c:1589 ext4_writepages+0x12eb/0x3be0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2852 do_writepages+0x3c3/0x680 mm/page-writeback.c:2469 __writeback_single_inode+0xd1/0x670 fs/fs-writeback.c:1587 writeback_sb_inodes+0xb3b/0x18f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1870 wb_writeback+0x41f/0x7b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2044 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2187 [inline] wb_workfn+0x3cb/0xef0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2227 process_one_work+0x877/0xdb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0xb14/0x1330 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x266/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306 </TASK>

Above issue may happens as follows: ext4_da_write_begin ext4_create_inline_data ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS); ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA); __ext4_ioctl ext4_ext_migrate -> will lead to eh->eh_entries not zero, and set extent flag ext4_da_write_begin ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin ext4_da_map_blocks ext4_insert_delayed_block if (!ext4_es_scan_clu(inode, &ext4_es_is_delonly, lblk)) if (!ext4_es_scan_clu(inode, &ext4_es_is_mapped, lblk)) ext4_clu_mapped(inode, EXT4_B2C(sbi, lblk)); -> will return 1 allocated = true; ext4_es_insert_delayed_block(inode, lblk, allocated); ext4_writepages mpage_map_and_submit_extent(handle, &mpd, &give_up_on_write); -> return -ENOSPC mpage_release_unused_pages(&mpd, give_up_on_write); -> give_up_on_write 1 ext4_es_remove_extent ext4_da_release_space(inode, reserved); if (unlikely(to_free > ei->i_reserved_data_blocks)) -> to_free 1 but ei->i_reserved_data_blocks == 0 -> then trigger warning as above

To solve above issue, forbid inode do migrate which has inline data.

AnalysisAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix warning in 'ext4_da_release_space' Syzkaller report issue as follows: EXT4-fs (loop0): Free/Dirty block details EXT4-fs. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix warning in 'ext4_da_release_space' Syzkaller report issue as follows: EXT4-fs (loop0): Free/Dirty block details EXT4-fs (loop0): free_blocks=0 EXT4-fs (loop0): dirty_blocks=0 EXT4-fs (loop0): Block reservation details EXT4-fs (loop0): i_reserved_data_blocks=0 EXT4-fs warning (device loop0): ext4_da_release_space:1527: ext4_da_release_space: ino 18, to_free 1 with only 0 reserved data blocks ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 92 at fs/ext4/inode.c:1528 ext4_da_release_space+0x25e/0x370 fs/ext4/inode.c:1524 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 92 Comm: kworker/u4:4 Not tainted 6.0.0-syzkaller-09423-g493ffd6605b2 #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/22/2022 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0) RIP: 0010:ext4_da_release_space+0x25e/0x370 fs/ext4/inode.c:1528 RSP: 0018:ffffc900015f6c90 EFLAGS: 00010296 RAX: 42215896cd52ea00 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 42215896cd52ea00 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000080000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: 1ffff1100e907d96 R08: ffffffff816aa79d R09: fffff520002bece5 R10: fffff520002bece5 R11: 1ffff920002bece4 R12: ffff888021fd2000 R13: ffff88807483ecb0 R14: 0000000000000001 R15: ffff88807483e740 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9a00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005555569ba628 CR3: 000000000c88e000 CR4: 00000000003506f0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_es_remove_extent+0x1ab/0x260 fs/ext4/extents_status.c:1461 mpage_release_unused_pages+0x24d/0xef0 fs/ext4/inode.c:1589 ext4_writepages+0x12eb/0x3be0 fs/ext4/inode.c:2852 do_writepages+0x3c3/0x680 mm/page-writeback.c:2469 __writeback_single_inode+0xd1/0x670 fs/fs-writeback.c:1587 writeback_sb_inodes+0xb3b/0x18f0 fs/fs-writeback.c:1870 wb_writeback+0x41f/0x7b0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2044 wb_do_writeback fs/fs-writeback.c:2187 [inline] wb_workfn+0x3cb/0xef0 fs/fs-writeback.c:2227 process_one_work+0x877/0xdb0 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0xb14/0x1330 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x266/0x300 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306 </TASK> Above issue may happens as follows: ext4_da_write_begin ext4_create_inline_data ext4_clear_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_EXTENTS); ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA); __ext4_ioctl ext4_ext_migrate -> will lead to eh->eh_entries not zero, and set extent flag ext4_da_write_begin ext4_da_convert_inline_data_to_extent ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin ext4_da_map_blocks ext4_insert_delayed_block if (!ext4_es_scan_clu(inode, &ext4_es_is_delonly, lblk)) if (!ext4_es_scan_clu(inode, &ext4_es_is_mapped, lblk)) ext4_clu_mapped(inode, EXT4_B2C(sbi, lblk)); -> will return 1 allocated = true; ext4_es_insert_delayed_block(inode, lblk, allocated); ext4_writepages mpage_map_and_submit_extent(handle, &mpd, &give_up_on_write); -> return -ENOSPC mpage_release_unused_pages(&mpd, give_up_on_write); -> give_up_on_write 1 ext4_es_remove_extent ext4_da_release_space(inode, reserved); if (unlikely(to_free > ei->i_reserved_data_blocks)) -> to_free 1 but ei->i_reserved_data_blocks == 0 -> then trigger warning as above To solve above issue, forbid inode do migrate which has inline data. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2:latest Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-EC2-HVM Image SLES15-SP3-Micro-5-2-BYOS-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:5.4.4.5.16 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Proxy-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/base-5.5:2.0.4-5.8.181 Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Proxy-5-0-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-Azure-llc Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-Azure-ltd Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-EC2-llc Image SLES15-SP5-Manager-Server-5-0-EC2-ltd Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5:2.0.4-3.5.346 Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5:2.0.4-4.5.402 Affected

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