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CVE-2022-50546— ext4: fix uninititialized value in 'ext4_evict_inode'

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ext4_evict_inode函数中存在未初始化值，可能导致内存损坏。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.20% · P10

Affected Version Matrix 20

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux bb337d8dd1e1d6b7719872e45e36392f3ab14b4f< f0bffdcc7cb14598af2aa706f1e0f2a9054154ba affected
a5f9bd4beae8553480d02b569d4aabee1b49345d< e431b4fb1fb8c2654b808086e9747a000adb9655 affected
0e6fbc566fcc4c230bf80f76cf5df26b42142d8a< 091f85db4c3fb1734a6d7fb4777a2b2831da6631 affected
0b885394fd009aa0b46d81b496a816ab11309f8a< 3c31d8d3ad95aef8cc17a4fcf317e46217148439 affected
6bc0d63dad7f9f54d381925ee855b402f652fa39< 56491d60ddca9c697d885394cb0173675b9ab81f affected
6bc0d63dad7f9f54d381925ee855b402f652fa39< 9f966e021c20caae639dd0e404c8761e8281a2c4 affected
6bc0d63dad7f9f54d381925ee855b402f652fa39< 7ea71af94eaaaf6d9aed24bc94a05b977a741cb9 affected
819d16f7feaca0f2ed3409be14fe953127fc51b6 affected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2022-50546

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Vulnerability Title
ext4: fix uninititialized value in 'ext4_evict_inode'
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix uninititialized value in 'ext4_evict_inode' Syzbot found the following issue: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in ext4_evict_inode+0xdd/0x26b0 fs/ext4/inode.c:180 ext4_evict_inode+0xdd/0x26b0 fs/ext4/inode.c:180 evict+0x365/0x9a0 fs/inode.c:664 iput_final fs/inode.c:1747 [inline] iput+0x985/0xdd0 fs/inode.c:1773 __ext4_new_inode+0xe54/0x7ec0 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:1361 ext4_mknod+0x376/0x840 fs/ext4/namei.c:2844 vfs_mknod+0x79d/0x830 fs/namei.c:3914 do_mknodat+0x47d/0xaa0 __do_sys_mknodat fs/namei.c:3992 [inline] __se_sys_mknodat fs/namei.c:3989 [inline] __ia32_sys_mknodat+0xeb/0x150 fs/namei.c:3989 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178 do_fast_syscall_32+0x33/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1b/0x20 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82 Uninit was created at: __alloc_pages+0x9f1/0xe80 mm/page_alloc.c:5578 alloc_pages+0xaae/0xd80 mm/mempolicy.c:2285 alloc_slab_page mm/slub.c:1794 [inline] allocate_slab+0x1b5/0x1010 mm/slub.c:1939 new_slab mm/slub.c:1992 [inline] ___slab_alloc+0x10c3/0x2d60 mm/slub.c:3180 __slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3279 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3364 [inline] slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3406 [inline] __kmem_cache_alloc_lru mm/slub.c:3413 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_lru+0x6f3/0xb30 mm/slub.c:3429 alloc_inode_sb include/linux/fs.h:3117 [inline] ext4_alloc_inode+0x5f/0x860 fs/ext4/super.c:1321 alloc_inode+0x83/0x440 fs/inode.c:259 new_inode_pseudo fs/inode.c:1018 [inline] new_inode+0x3b/0x430 fs/inode.c:1046 __ext4_new_inode+0x2a7/0x7ec0 fs/ext4/ialloc.c:959 ext4_mkdir+0x4d5/0x1560 fs/ext4/namei.c:2992 vfs_mkdir+0x62a/0x870 fs/namei.c:4035 do_mkdirat+0x466/0x7b0 fs/namei.c:4060 __do_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4075 [inline] __se_sys_mkdirat fs/namei.c:4073 [inline] __ia32_sys_mkdirat+0xc4/0x120 fs/namei.c:4073 do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/common.c:112 [inline] __do_fast_syscall_32+0xa2/0x100 arch/x86/entry/common.c:178 do_fast_syscall_32+0x33/0x70 arch/x86/entry/common.c:203 do_SYSENTER_32+0x1b/0x20 arch/x86/entry/common.c:246 entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x70/0x82 CPU: 1 PID: 4625 Comm: syz-executor.2 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc4-syzkaller-62821-gcb231e2f67ec #0 Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/26/2022 ===================================================== Now, 'ext4_alloc_inode()' didn't init 'ei->i_flags'. If new inode failed before set 'ei->i_flags' in '__ext4_new_inode()', then do 'iput()'. As after 6bc0d63dad7f commit will access 'ei->i_flags' in 'ext4_evict_inode()' which will lead to access uninit-value. To solve above issue just init 'ei->i_flags' in 'ext4_alloc_inode()'.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于ext4_evict_inode函数中存在未初始化值，可能导致内存损坏。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux bb337d8dd1e1d6b7719872e45e36392f3ab14b4f ~ f0bffdcc7cb14598af2aa706f1e0f2a9054154ba -
Linux Linux 6.0 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2022-50546 (7)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-10-07 · 118 CVEs total

CVE-2023-53629 9.8 CRITICAL fs: dlm: fix use after free in midcomms commit
CVE-2023-53630 8.8 HIGH iommufd: Fix unpinning of pages when an access is present
CVE-2023-53676 8.8 HIGH scsi: target: iscsi: Fix buffer overflow in lio_target_nacl_info_show()
CVE-2023-53675 8.8 HIGH scsi: ses: Fix possible desc_ptr out-of-bounds accesses
CVE-2023-53673 8.8 HIGH Bluetooth: hci_event: call disconnect callback before deleting conn
CVE-2023-53679 8.3 HIGH wifi: mt7601u: fix an integer underflow
CVE-2023-53635 8.2 HIGH netfilter: conntrack: fix wrong ct->timeout value
CVE-2022-50555 7.8 HIGH tipc: fix a null-ptr-deref in tipc_topsrv_accept
CVE-2023-53659 7.8 HIGH iavf: Fix out-of-bounds when setting channels on remove
CVE-2023-53619 7.8 HIGH netfilter: conntrack: Avoid nf_ct_helper_hash uses after free
CVE-2023-53660 7.8 HIGH bpf, cpumap: Handle skb as well when clean up ptr_ring
CVE-2023-53643 7.8 HIGH nvme-tcp: don't access released socket during error recovery
CVE-2023-53645 7.8 HIGH bpf: Make bpf_refcount_acquire fallible for non-owning refs
CVE-2023-53646 7.8 HIGH drm/i915/perf: add sentinel to xehp_oa_b_counters
CVE-2023-53669 7.8 HIGH tcp: fix skb_copy_ubufs() vs BIG TCP
CVE-2023-53626 7.8 HIGH ext4: fix possible double unlock when moving a directory
CVE-2023-53627 7.8 HIGH scsi: hisi_sas: Grab sas_dev lock when traversing the members of sas_dev.list
CVE-2022-50528 7.8 HIGH drm/amdkfd: Fix memory leakage
CVE-2023-53683 7.8 HIGH fs: hfsplus: remove WARN_ON() from hfsplus_cat_{read,write}_inode()
CVE-2022-50518 7.8 HIGH parisc: Fix locking in pdc_iodc_print() firmware call

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