CVE-2022-49560

exfat: check if cluster num is valid

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 26, 2025 at 02:14 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: check if cluster num is valid Syzbot reported slab-out-of-bounds read in exfat_clear_bitmap. This was triggered by reproducer calling truncute with size 0, which causes the following trace: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in exfat_clear_bitmap+0x147/0x490 fs/exfat/balloc.c:174 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888115aa9508 by task syz-executor251/365 Call Trace: __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:77 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x1e2/0x24b lib/dump_stack.c:118 print_address_description+0x81/0x3c0 mm/kasan/report.c:233 __kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:419 [inline] kasan_report+0x1a4/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:436 __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x14/0x20 mm/kasan/report_generic.c:309 exfat_clear_bitmap+0x147/0x490 fs/exfat/balloc.c:174 exfat_free_cluster+0x25a/0x4a0 fs/exfat/fatent.c:181 __exfat_truncate+0x99e/0xe00 fs/exfat/file.c:217 exfat_truncate+0x11b/0x4f0 fs/exfat/file.c:243 exfat_setattr+0xa03/0xd40 fs/exfat/file.c:339 notify_change+0xb76/0xe10 fs/attr.c:336 do_truncate+0x1ea/0x2d0 fs/open.c:65 Move the is_valid_cluster() helper from fatent.c to a common header to make it reusable in other *.c files. And add is_valid_cluster() to validate if cluster number is within valid range in exfat_clear_bitmap() and exfat_set_bitmap().

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.455.16 ≤ v < 5.17.135.18 ≤ v < 5.18.25.7 ≤ v < 5.10.1205.7 ≤ v < 5.15.455.7 ≤ v < 5.17.135.7 ≤ v < 5.18.25.7 ≤ v < 5.191e49a94cf707204b66a3fb242f2814712c941f525.7
Vendor states this is fixed in 2193286402df2d9c53294f7a858d5e6fd7346e08 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 64ba4b15e5c045f8b746c6da5fc9be9a6b00b61d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7c58b14b6f9cde9f69e7fa053ab73f6e013a7131 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 82f723b8a5adf497f9e34c702a30ca7298615654 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c504167adc3248095a905fa0700a9693897cb5ed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.120 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.45 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)

References (5)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2193286402df2d9c53294f7a858d5e6fd7346e08
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ba4b15e5c045f8b746c6da5fc9be9a6b00b61d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c58b14b6f9cde9f69e7fa053ab73f6e013a7131
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82f723b8a5adf497f9e34c702a30ca7298615654
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c504167adc3248095a905fa0700a9693897cb5ed

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.1HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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