Linux Kernel up to 5.10.136/5.15.60/5.18.17/5.19.1 ext4 fs/ext4/inode.c ext4_iomap_begin buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.136/5.15.60/5.18.17/5.19.1. The impacted element is the function ext4_iomap_begin of the file fs/ext4/inode.c of the component ext4. The manipulation leads to buffer overflow. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-50082. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.136/5.15.60/5.18.17/5.19.1. This issue affects the function ext4_iomap_begin of the file fs/ext4/inode.c of the component ext4. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix warning in ext4_iomap_begin as race between bmap and write We got issue as follows: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 9310 at fs/ext4/inode.c:3441 ext4_iomap_begin+0x182/0x5d0 RIP: 0010:ext4_iomap_begin+0x182/0x5d0 RSP: 0018:ffff88812460fa08 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffff88811f168000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff97793c12 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffff88812c669160 R08: ffff88811f168000 R09: ffffed10258cd20f R10: ffff88812c669077 R11: ffffed10258cd20e R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 00000000000000a4 R14: 000000000000000c R15: ffff88812c6691ee FS: 00007fd0d6ff3740(0000) GS:ffff8883af180000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fd0d6dda290 CR3: 0000000104a62000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: iomap_apply+0x119/0x570 iomap_bmap+0x124/0x150 ext4_bmap+0x14f/0x250 bmap+0x55/0x80 do_vfs_ioctl+0x952/0xbd0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0xc6/0x170 do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 Above issue may happen as follows: bmap write bmap ext4_bmap iomap_bmap ext4_iomap_begin ext4_file_write_iter ext4_buffered_write_iter generic_perform_write ext4_da_write_begin ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin ext4_prepare_inline_data ext4_create_inline_data ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA); if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ext4_has_inline_data(inode))) ->trigger bug_on To solved above issue hold inode lock in ext4_bamp.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-50082 since 06/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/30/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 249949 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50082), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18 or 5.19.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch e1682c7171a6c0ff576fe8116b8cba5b8f538b94/30dfb75e1f8645404a536c74d468d498adcd4e74/a9fe6d1e3d343d7309f501b1f48020ce7127221f/fa6482f374fda29a71ad44d76d35b4842d43cda4/51ae846cff568c8c29921b1b28eb2dfbcd4ac12d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (249949) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1350). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• IBM QRadar SIEM

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.10.136
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.15.46
• 5.15.47
• 5.15.48
• 5.15.49
• 5.15.50
• 5.15.51
• 5.15.52
• 5.15.53
• 5.15.54
• 5.15.55
• 5.15.56
• 5.15.57
• 5.15.58
• 5.15.59
• 5.15.60
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2
• 5.18.3
• 5.18.4
• 5.18.5
• 5.18.6
• 5.18.7
• 5.18.8
• 5.18.9
• 5.18.10
• 5.18.11
• 5.18.12
• 5.18.13
• 5.18.14
• 5.18.15
• 5.18.16
• 5.18.17
• 5.19.0
• 5.19.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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