CVE-2022-49769

gfs2: Check sb_bsize_shift after reading superblock

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2025 at 02:09 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gfs2: Check sb_bsize_shift after reading superblock Fuzzers like to scribble over sb_bsize_shift but in reality it's very unlikely that this field would be corrupted on its own. Nevertheless it should be checked to avoid the possibility of messy mount errors due to bad calculations. It's always a fixed value based on the block size so we can just check that it's the expected value. Tested with: mkfs.gfs2 -O -p lock_nolock /dev/vdb for i in 0 -1 64 65 32 33; do gfs2_edit -p sb field sb_bsize_shift $i /dev/vdb mount /dev/vdb /mnt/test && umount /mnt/test done Before this patch we get a withdraw after [ 76.413681] gfs2: fsid=loop0.0: fatal: invalid metadata block [ 76.413681] bh = 19 (type: exp=5, found=4) [ 76.413681] function = gfs2_meta_buffer, file = fs/gfs2/meta_io.c, line = 492 and with UBSAN configured we also get complaints like [ 76.373395] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in fs/gfs2/ops_fstype.c:295:19 [ 76.373815] shift exponent 4294967287 is too large for 64-bit type 'long unsigned int' After the patch, these complaints don't appear, mount fails immediately and we get an explanation in dmesg.

Affected

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

v < 4.9.3342.6.19 ≤ v < 4.14.3002.6.19 ≤ v < 4.19.2672.6.19 ≤ v < 4.9.3342.6.19 ≤ v < 5.10.1562.6.19 ≤ v < 5.15.802.6.19 ≤ v < 5.4.2252.6.19 ≤ v < 6.0.102.6.19 ≤ v < 6.14.10 ≤ v < 4.14.3004.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2674.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2255.11 ≤ v < 5.15.805.16 ≤ v < 6.0.105.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1562.6.19b3b94faa5fe5968827ba0640ee9fba4b3e7f736e
Vendor states this is fixed in 15c83fa0fd659dd9fbdc940a560b61236e876a80 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 16670534c7cff1acd918a6a5ec751b14e7436b76 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1ad197097343568066a8ffaa27ee7d0ae6d9f476 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 28275a7c84d21c55ab3282d897f284d8d527173c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5fa30be7ba81191b0a0c7239a89befc0c94286d5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 670f8ce56dd0632dc29a0322e188cc73ce3c6b92 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8b6534c9ae9dba5489703a19d8ba6c8f2cfa33c2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d6b1e8ea6f3418c3b461ad5a35cdc93c996b2c87 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.300 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.267 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.9.334 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.156 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.80 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.225 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)

References (8)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15c83fa0fd659dd9fbdc940a560b61236e876a80
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16670534c7cff1acd918a6a5ec751b14e7436b76
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ad197097343568066a8ffaa27ee7d0ae6d9f476
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28275a7c84d21c55ab3282d897f284d8d527173c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fa30be7ba81191b0a0c7239a89befc0c94286d5
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/670f8ce56dd0632dc29a0322e188cc73ce3c6b92
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b6534c9ae9dba5489703a19d8ba6c8f2cfa33c2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6b1e8ea6f3418c3b461ad5a35cdc93c996b2c87

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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