{"cve":"CVE-2022-49707","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:01:46.500","modified":"2026-06-17T05:18:55.460","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next4: add reserved GDT blocks check\n\nWe capture a NULL pointer issue when resizing a corrupt ext4 image which\nis freshly clear resize_inode feature (not run e2fsck). It could be\nsimply reproduced by following steps. The problem is because of the\nresize_inode feature was cleared, and it will convert the filesystem to\nmeta_bg mode in ext4_resize_fs(), but the es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks was\nnot reduced to zero, so could we mistakenly call reserve_backup_gdb()\nand passing an uninitialized resize_inode to it when adding new group\ndescriptors.\n\n mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda 3G\n tune2fs -O ^resize_inode /dev/sda #forget to run requested e2fsck\n mount /dev/sda /mnt\n resize2fs /dev/sda 8G\n\n ========\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000028\n CPU: 19 PID: 3243 Comm: resize2fs Not tainted 5.18.0-rc7-00001-gfde086c5ebfd #748\n ...\n RIP: 0010:ext4_flex_group_add+0xe08/0x2570\n ...\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  ext4_resize_fs+0xbec/0x1660\n  __ext4_ioctl+0x1749/0x24e0\n  ext4_ioctl+0x12/0x20\n  __x64_sys_ioctl+0xa6/0x110\n  do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n RIP: 0033:0x7f2dd739617b\n ========\n\nThe fix is simple, add a check in ext4_resize_begin() to make sure that\nthe es->s_reserved_gdt_blocks is zero when the resize_inode feature is\ndisabled.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dc2fca8e4f9ac4a40e8424a10163369cca0cc06","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33b1bba31f4c784d33d2c2517964bdccdc9204cd","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c921328ac760bba780bdace41f4cd045f7f1405","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af75c481a2e45e70f62f5942c93695e95bf7bd21","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b55c3cd102a6f48b90e61c44f7f3dda8c290c694"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49707","score":0.0028,"percentile":0.20537,"date":"2026-10-31"},"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."]}