{"cve":"CVE-2022-49349","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:01:11.623","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:45.377","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: fix use-after-free in ext4_rename_dir_prepare\n\nWe got issue as follows:\nEXT4-fs (loop0): mounted filesystem without journal. Opts: ,errors=continue\next4_get_first_dir_block: bh->b_data=0xffff88810bee6000 len=34478\next4_get_first_dir_block: *parent_de=0xffff88810beee6ae bh->b_data=0xffff88810bee6000\next4_rename_dir_prepare: [1] parent_de=0xffff88810beee6ae\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ext4_rename_dir_prepare+0x152/0x220\nRead of size 4 at addr ffff88810beee6ae by task rep/1895\n\nCPU: 13 PID: 1895 Comm: rep Not tainted 5.10.0+ #241\nCall Trace:\n dump_stack+0xbe/0xf9\n print_address_description.constprop.0+0x1e/0x220\n kasan_report.cold+0x37/0x7f\n ext4_rename_dir_prepare+0x152/0x220\n ext4_rename+0xf44/0x1ad0\n ext4_rename2+0x11c/0x170\n vfs_rename+0xa84/0x1440\n do_renameat2+0x683/0x8f0\n __x64_sys_renameat+0x53/0x60\n do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9\nRIP: 0033:0x7f45a6fc41c9\nRSP: 002b:00007ffc5a470218 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000108\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 00007f45a6fc41c9\nRDX: 0000000000000005 RSI: 0000000020000180 RDI: 0000000000000005\nRBP: 00007ffc5a470240 R08: 00007ffc5a470160 R09: 0000000020000080\nR10: 00000000200001c0 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000400bb0\nR13: 00007ffc5a470320 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\n\nThe buggy address belongs to the page:\npage:00000000440015ce refcount:0 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x1 pfn:0x10beee\nflags: 0x200000000000000()\nraw: 0200000000000000 ffffea00043ff4c8 ffffea0004325608 0000000000000000\nraw: 0000000000000001 0000000000000000 00000000ffffffff 0000000000000000\npage dumped because: kasan: bad access detected\n\nMemory state around the buggy address:\n ffff88810beee580: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n ffff88810beee600: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n>ffff88810beee680: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n                                  ^\n ffff88810beee700: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n ffff88810beee780: ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff ff\n==================================================================\nDisabling lock debugging due to kernel taint\next4_rename_dir_prepare: [2] parent_de->inode=3537895424\next4_rename_dir_prepare: [3] dir=0xffff888124170140\next4_rename_dir_prepare: [4] ino=2\next4_rename_dir_prepare: ent->dir->i_ino=2 parent=-757071872\n\nReason is first directory entry which 'rec_len' is 34478, then will get illegal\nparent entry. Now, we do not check directory entry after read directory block\nin 'ext4_get_first_dir_block'.\nTo solve this issue, check directory entry in 'ext4_get_first_dir_block'.\n\n[ Trigger an ext4_error() instead of just warning if the directory is\n  missing a '.' or '..' entry.   Also make sure we return an error code\n  if the file system is corrupted.  -TYT ]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0be698ecbe4471fcad80e81ec6a05001421041b3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ff38b99fa075ddd246487a28cb9af049f4ceef1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10801095224de0d0ab06ae60698680c1f883a3ae","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a3a15bf6f9963d755270cbdb282863b84839195","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/364380c00912bed9b5d99eb485018360b0ecf64f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49349","score":0.00291,"percentile":0.21663,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}