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DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49170

HighCVSS 7.8 / 10
Published Feb 26, 2025·Last modified Jun 15, 2026
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on curseg->alloc_type As Wenqing Liu reported in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215657 - Overview UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/segment.c:3460:2 when mount and operate a corrupted image - Reproduce tested on kernel 5.17-rc4, 5.17-rc6 1. mkdir test_crash 2. cd test_crash 3. unzip tmp2.zip 4. mkdir mnt 5. ./single_test.sh f2fs 2 - Kernel dump [ 46.434454] loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 131072 [ 46.529839] F2FS-fs (loop0): Mounted with checkpoint version = 7548c2d9 [ 46.738319] ================================================================================ [ 46.738412] UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in fs/f2fs/segment.c:3460:2 [ 46.738475] index 231 is out of range for type 'unsigned int [2]' [ 46.738539] CPU: 2 PID: 939 Comm: umount Not tainted 5.17.0-rc6 #1 [ 46.738547] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 [ 46.738551] Call Trace: [ 46.738556] <TASK> [ 46.738563] dump_stack_lvl+0x47/0x5c [ 46.738581] ubsan_epilogue+0x5/0x50 [ 46.738592] __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds+0x68/0x80 [ 46.738604] f2fs_allocate_data_block+0xdff/0xe60 [f2fs] [ 46.738819] do_write_page+0xef/0x210 [f2fs] [ 46.738934] f2fs_do_write_node_page+0x3f/0x80 [f2fs] [ 46.739038] __write_node_page+0x2b7/0x920 [f2fs] [ 46.739162] f2fs_sync_node_pages+0x943/0xb00 [f2fs] [ 46.739293] f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x7bb/0x1030 [f2fs] [ 46.739405] kill_f2fs_super+0x125/0x150 [f2fs] [ 46.739507] deactivate_locked_super+0x60/0xc0 [ 46.739517] deactivate_super+0x70/0xb0 [ 46.739524] cleanup_mnt+0x11a/0x200 [ 46.739532] __cleanup_mnt+0x16/0x20 [ 46.739538] task_work_run+0x67/0xa0 [ 46.739547] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x18c/0x1a0 [ 46.739559] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x26/0x40 [ 46.739568] do_syscall_64+0x46/0xb0 [ 46.739584] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae The root cause is we missed to do sanity check on curseg->alloc_type, result in out-of-bound accessing on sbi->block_count[] array, fix it.

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.8

The vulnerability requires local access to the device to be exploited. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
7.1

Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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