In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: add reserved GDT blocks check
We capture a NULL pointer issue when resizing a corrupt ext4 image which
is freshly clear resize_inode feature (not run e2fsck). It could be
simply reproduced by following steps. The problem is because of the
resize_inode feature was cleared, and it will convert the filesystem to
meta_bg mode in ext4_resize_fs(), but the es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks was
not reduced to zero, so could we mistakenly call reserve_backup_gdb()
and passing an uninitialized resize_inode to it when adding new group
descriptors.
 mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda 3G
 tune2fs -O ^resize_inode /dev/sda #forget to run requested e2fsck
 mount /dev/sda /mnt
 resize2fs /dev/sda 8G
 ========
 BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028
 CPU: 19 PID: 3243 Comm: resize2fs Not tainted 5.18.0-rc7-00001-gfde086c5ebfd #748
 ...
 RIP: 0010:ext4_flex_group_add+0xe08/0x2570
 ...
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ext4_resize_fs+0xbec/0x1660
  __ext4_ioctl+0x1749/0x24e0
  ext4_ioctl+0x12/0x20
  __x64_sys_ioctl+0xa6/0x110
  do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
 RIP: 0033:0x7f2dd739617b
 ========
The fix is simple, add a check in ext4_resize_begin() to make sure that
the es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks is zero when the resize_inode feature is
disabled.
                
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History
                    11 Mar 2025, 22:28
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
|---|---|---|
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| CWE | CWE-476 | |
| CVSS | v2 : v3 : | v2 : unknown v3 : 5.5 | 
| First Time | Linux Linux linux Kernel | |
| Summary | 
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dc2fca8e4f9ac4a40e8424a10163369cca0cc06 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33b1bba31f4c784d33d2c2517964bdccdc9204cd - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c921328ac760bba780bdace41f4cd045f7f1405 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af75c481a2e45e70f62f5942c93695e95bf7bd21 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b55c3cd102a6f48b90e61c44f7f3dda8c290c694 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9747263b13e5290ac4d63bec47e38f701303cad - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd004a1d3a062aac300523d406ac1f3e5f1a82c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fba54289176702a7caac0b64738406775817f451 - Patch | 
26 Feb 2025, 07:01
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added | 
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| New CVE | 
Information
                Published : 2025-02-26 07:01
Updated : 2025-10-01 20:17
NVD link : CVE-2022-49707
Mitre link : CVE-2022-49707
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-49707
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Products Affected
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- linux_kernel
CWE
                
                    
                        
                        CWE-476
                        
            NULL Pointer Dereference
