CVE-2022-50815
ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size Add sanity check that filesystem size does not exceed the underlying device size and that group size is big enough so that metadata can fit into it. This avoid trying to mount some crafted filesystems with extremely large group counts.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Dec 30, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 40ff52527daec00cf1530c17a95636916ddd3b38 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 321440079763998076b75e0c802524e2218a7d97 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < d766f2d1e3e3bd44024a7f971ffcf8b8fbb7c5d2
Linux / Linux
2.6.12