CVE-2022-50815

ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size

published December 30, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size

Add sanity check that filesystem size does not exceed the underlying

device size and that group size is big enough so that metadata can fit

into it. This avoid trying to mount some crafted filesystems with

extremely large group counts.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00236 · 13.8th percentile
Published
2025-12-30T12:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 30 DEC 12:08Z
    ext2: Add sanity checks for group and filesystem size
    cvelistv5