CVE-2022-48712

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix error handling in ext4_fc_record_modified_inode() Current code does not fully takes care of krealloc() error case, which could lead to silent memory corruption or a kernel bug. This patch fixes that. Also it cleans up some duplicated error handling logic from various functions in fast_commit.c file.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdce59a1549190b66f8e3fe465c2b2f714b98a94

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62e46e0ffc02daa8fcfc02f7a932cc8a19601b19

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b6762ecdf3cf12113772427c904aa3c420a1802

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14aa3f49c7fc6424763f4323bfbc3a807b0727dc

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2024-06-20

Updated: 2025-09-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00074