CVE-2022-50205

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50205
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50205.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-50205
Downstream
Published
2025-06-18T11:03:45.889Z
Modified
2026-04-02T08:28:19.089936Z
Summary
ext2: Add more validity checks for inode counts
Details

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

ext2: Add more validity checks for inode counts

Add checks verifying number of inodes stored in the superblock matches the number computed from number of inodes per group. Also verify we have at least one block worth of inodes per group. This prevents crashes on corrupted filesystems.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50205.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2
Fixed
0bcdc31094a12b4baf59e241feabc9787cf635fa
Fixed
07303a9abe3a997d9864fb4315e34b5acfe8fc25
Fixed
b3f423683818cfe15de14d5d9dff44148ff16bbf
Fixed
d08bb199a406424a8ed0009efdf41710e6d849ee
Fixed
96b18d3a1be0354ccce43f0ef61b5a3d7e432552
Fixed
7a48fdc88a3c35e046a6a0a38eba00f21c65b16e
Fixed
5e63c5fe9123fa76ffaeff26c211308736ec3a07
Fixed
fa78f336937240d1bc598db817d638086060e7e9

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50205.json"