CVE-2022-49769
Published: May 1, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: Check sb_bsize_shift after reading superblock Fuzzers like to scribble over sb_bsize_shift but in reality it's very unlikely that this field would be corrupted on its own. Nevertheless it should be checked to avoid the possibility of messy mount errors due to bad calculations. It's always a fixed value based on the block size so we can just check that it's the expected value. Tested with: mkfs.gfs2 -O -p lock_nolock /dev/vdb for i in 0 -1 64 65 32 33; do gfs2_edit -p sb field sb_bsize_shift $i /dev/vdb mount /dev/vdb /mnt/test && umount /mnt/test done Before this patch we get a withdraw after [ 76.413681] gfs2: fsid=loop0.0: fatal: invalid metadata block [ 76.413681] bh = 19 (type: exp=5, found=4) [ 76.413681] function = gfs2_meta_buffer, file = fs/gfs2/meta_io.c, line = 492 and with UBSAN configured we also get complaints like [ 76.373395] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:295:19 [ 76.373815] shift exponent 4294967287 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int' After the patch, these complaints don't appear, mount fails immediately and we get an explanation in dmesg.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected b3b94faa5fe5968827ba0640ee9fba4b3e7f736e - < d6b1e8ea6f3418c3b461ad5a35cdc93c996b2c87affected b3b94faa5fe5968827ba0640ee9fba4b3e7f736e - < 1ad197097343568066a8ffaa27ee7d0ae6d9f476affected b3b94faa5fe5968827ba0640ee9fba4b3e7f736e - < 15c83fa0fd659dd9fbdc940a560b61236e876a80affected b3b94faa5fe5968827ba0640ee9fba4b3e7f736e - < 8b6534c9ae9dba5489703a19d8ba6c8f2cfa33c2affected b3b94faa5fe5968827ba0640ee9fba4b3e7f736e - < 5fa30be7ba81191b0a0c7239a89befc0c94286d5+3 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.19unaffected 0 - < 2.6.19unaffected 4.9.334 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.300 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.267 - <= 4.19.*+5 more versions |
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