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CVE-2022-49879: linux Reachable Assertion

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49879DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49879
Published 01-05-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49879 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1SUSE-SU-2025:01982-1SUSE-SU-2025:01995-1SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix BUG_ON() when directory entry has invalid rec_len The rec_len field in the directory entry has to be a multiple of 4. A corrupted filesystem image can be used to hit a BUG() in ext4_rec_len_to_disk(), called from make_indexed_dir(). ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at fs/ext4/ext4.h:2413! ... RIP: 0010:make_indexed_dir+0x53f/0x5f0 ... Call Trace: <TASK> ? add_dirent_to_buf+0x1b2/0x200 ext4_add_entry+0x36e/0x480 ext4_add_nondir+0x2b/0xc0 ext4_create+0x163/0x200 path_openat+0x635/0xe90 do_filp_open+0xb4/0x160 ? __create_object.isra.0+0x1de/0x3b0 ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x12/0x30 do_sys_openat2+0x91/0x150 __x64_sys_open+0x6c/0xa0 do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 The fix simply adds a call to ext4_check_dir_entry() to validate the directory entry, returning -EFSCORRUPTED if the entry is invalid.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.21% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu113 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-139.156 | < 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1096.104 | < 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 3d0518f4758eca4339e75e5b9dbb7e06a5ce08b4, < 2fa24d0274fbf913b56ee31f15bc01168669d909 | ≥ 3d0518f4758eca4339e75e5b9dbb7e06a5ce08b4, < 156451a67b93986fb07c274ef6995ff40766c5ad | ≥ 3d0518f4758eca4339e75e5b9dbb7e06a5ce08b4, < 999cff2b6ce3b45c08abf793bf55534777421327 | ≥ 3d0518f4758eca4339e75e5b9dbb7e06a5ce08b4, < ce1ee2c8827fb6493e91acbd50f664cf2a972c3d | ≥ 3d0518f4758eca4339e75e5b9dbb7e06a5ce08b4, < 17a0bc9bd697f75cfdf9b378d5eb2d7409c91340 | 2.6.30
  • linux_kernel< 5.4.224 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.154 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.78 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.8 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.8-1

3 vendors · 116 products

References

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