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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2022-50367

fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy In alloc_inode, inode_init_always() could return -ENOMEM if security_inode_alloc() fails, which causes inode->i_private uninitialized. Then nilfs_is_metadata_file_inode() returns true and nilfs_free_inode() wrongly calls nilfs_mdt_destroy(), which frees the uninitialized inode->i_private and leads to crashes(e.g., UAF/GPF). Fix this by moving security_inode_alloc just prior to this_cpu_inc(nr_inodes)

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < d1ff475d7c83289d0a7faef346ea3bbf90818badaffected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < c0aa76b0f17f59dd9c9d3463550a2986a1d592e4affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < ec2aab115eb38ac4992ea2fcc2a02fbe7af5cf48affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 70e4f70d54e0225f91814e8610477d65f33cefe4affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 1e555c3ed1fce4b278aaebe18a64a934cece57d8affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 64b79e632869ad3ef6c098a4731d559381da1115affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 81de80330fa6907aec32eb54c5619059e6e36452affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 2a96b532098284ecf8e4849b8b9e5fc7a28bdee9affected
  • 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to < 2e488f13755ffbb60f307e991b27024716a33b29affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.12affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.12unaffected
  • 4.9.331 to ≤ 4.9.*unaffected
  • 4.14.296 to ≤ 4.14.*unaffected
  • 4.19.262 to ≤ 4.19.*unaffected
  • 5.4.218 to ≤ 5.4.*unaffected
  • 5.10.148 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.73 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 5.19.15 to ≤ 5.19.*unaffected
  • 6.0.1 to ≤ 6.0.*unaffected
  • 6.1 to ≤ *unaffected

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