CVE-2022-50782

ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad quota inode

published December 24, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad quota inode

We got a issue as fllows:

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kernel BUG at fs/ext4/extents_status.c:202!

invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP

CPU: 1 PID: 810 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-next-g9631525255e3 #352

RIP: 0010:__es_tree_search.isra.0+0xb8/0xe0

RSP: 0018:ffffc90001227900 EFLAGS: 00010202

RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000077512a0f RCX: 0000000000000000

RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000002a10 RDI: ffff8881004cd0c8

RBP: ffff888177512ac8 R08: 47ffffffffffffff R09: 0000000000000001

R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000000679af R12: 0000000000002a10

R13: ffff888177512d88 R14: 0000000077512a10 R15: 0000000000000000

FS: 00007f4bd76dbc40(0000)GS:ffff88842fd00000(0000)knlGS:0000000000000000

CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033

CR2: 00005653bf993cf8 CR3: 000000017bfdf000 CR4: 00000000000006e0

DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000

DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400

Call Trace:

<TASK>

ext4_es_cache_extent+0xe2/0x210

ext4_cache_extents+0xd2/0x110

ext4_find_extent+0x5d5/0x8c0

ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x9c/0x1d30

ext4_map_blocks+0x431/0xa50

ext4_getblk+0x82/0x340

ext4_bread+0x14/0x110

ext4_quota_read+0xf0/0x180

v2_read_header+0x24/0x90

v2_check_quota_file+0x2f/0xa0

dquot_load_quota_sb+0x26c/0x760

dquot_load_quota_inode+0xa5/0x190

ext4_enable_quotas+0x14c/0x300

__ext4_fill_super+0x31cc/0x32c0

ext4_fill_super+0x115/0x2d0

get_tree_bdev+0x1d2/0x360

ext4_get_tree+0x19/0x30

vfs_get_tree+0x26/0xe0

path_mount+0x81d/0xfc0

do_mount+0x8d/0xc0

__x64_sys_mount+0xc0/0x160

do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80

entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

</TASK>

==================================================================

Above issue may happen as follows:

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ext4_fill_super

ext4_orphan_cleanup

ext4_enable_quotas

ext4_quota_enable

ext4_iget --> get error inode <5>

ext4_ext_check_inode --> Wrong imode makes it escape inspection

make_bad_inode(inode) --> EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO set imode

dquot_load_quota_inode

vfs_setup_quota_inode --> check pass

dquot_load_quota_sb

v2_check_quota_file

v2_read_header

ext4_quota_read

ext4_bread

ext4_getblk

ext4_map_blocks

ext4_ext_map_blocks

ext4_find_extent

ext4_cache_extents

ext4_es_cache_extent

__es_tree_search.isra.0

ext4_es_end --> Wrong extents trigger BUG_ON

In the above issue, s_usr_quota_inum is set to 5, but inode<5> contains

incorrect imode and disordered extents. Because 5 is EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO,

the ext4_ext_check_inode check in the ext4_iget function can be bypassed,

finally, the extents that are not checked trigger the BUG_ON in the

__es_tree_search function. To solve this issue, check whether the inode is

bad_inode in vfs_setup_quota_inode().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00226 · 12.5th percentile
Published
2025-12-24T13:06Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 DEC 13:06Z
    ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad quota inode
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