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CVE-2022-49007· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

nilfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in nilfs_palloc_commit_free_entry()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.24% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 165c7a3b27a3857ebf57f626b9f38b48b6792e68, 2f2c59506ae39496588ceb8b88bdbdbaed895d63, 33021419fd81efd3d729a7f19341ba4b98fe66ce.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 165c7a3b27a3857ebf57f626b9f38b48b6792e68, 2f2c59506ae39496588ceb8b88bdbdbaed895d63, 33021419fd81efd3d729a7f19341ba4b98fe66ce or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix NULL pointer dereference in nilfs_palloc_commit_free_entry() Syzbot reported a null-ptr-deref bug: NILFS (loop0): segctord starting. Construction interval = 5 seconds, CP frequency < 30 seconds general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000002: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017] CPU: 1 PID: 3603 Comm: segctord Not tainted 6.1.0-rc2-syzkaller-00105-gb229b6ca5abb #0 Hardware name: Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/11/2022 RIP: 0010:nilfs_palloc_commit_free_entry+0xe5/0x6b0 fs/nilfs2/alloc.c:608 Code: 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 80 3c 02 00 0f 85 cd 05 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 4c 8b 73 08 49 8d 7e 10 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <80> 3c 02 00 0f 85 26 05 00 00 49 8b 46 10 be a6 00 00 00 48 c7 c7 RSP: 0018:ffffc90003dff830 EFLAGS: 00010212 RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: ffff88802594e218 RCX: 000000000000000d RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000002000 RDI: 0000000000000010 RBP: ffff888071880222 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 000000000000003f R10: 000000000000000d R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff888071880158 R13: ffff88802594e220 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000004 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8880b9b00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fb1c08316a8 CR3: 0000000018560000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0 Call Trace: <TASK> nilfs_dat_commit_free fs/nilfs2/dat.c:114 [inline] nilfs_dat_commit_end+0x464/0x5f0 fs/nilfs2/dat.c:193 nilfs_dat_commit_update+0x26/0x40 fs/nilfs2/dat.c:236 nilfs_btree_commit_update_v+0x87/0x4a0 fs/nilfs2/btree.c:1940 nilfs_btree_commit_propagate_v fs/nilfs2/btree.c:2016 [inline] nilfs_btree_propagate_v fs/nilfs2/btree.c:2046 [inline] nilfs_btree_propagate+0xa00/0xd60 fs/nilfs2/btree.c:2088 nilfs_bmap_propagate+0x73/0x170 fs/nilfs2/bmap.c:337 nilfs_collect_file_data+0x45/0xd0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:568 nilfs_segctor_apply_buffers+0x14a/0x470 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1018 nilfs_segctor_scan_file+0x3f4/0x6f0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1067 nilfs_segctor_collect_blocks fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1197 [inline] nilfs_segctor_collect fs/nilfs2/segment.c:1503 [inline] nilfs_segctor_do_construct+0x12fc/0x6af0 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2045 nilfs_segctor_construct+0x8e3/0xb30 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2379 nilfs_segctor_thread_construct fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2487 [inline] nilfs_segctor_thread+0x3c3/0xf30 fs/nilfs2/segment.c:2570 kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306 </TASK> ... If DAT metadata file is corrupted on disk, there is a case where req->pr_desc_bh is NULL and blocknr is 0 at nilfs_dat_commit_end() during a b-tree operation that cascadingly updates ancestor nodes of the b-tree, because nilfs_dat_commit_alloc() for a lower level block can initialize the blocknr on the same DAT entry between nilfs_dat_prepare_end() and nilfs_dat_commit_end(). If this happens, nilfs_dat_commit_end() calls nilfs_dat_commit_free() without valid buffer heads in req->pr_desc_bh and req->pr_bitmap_bh, and causes the NULL pointer dereference above in nilfs_palloc_commit_free_entry() function, which leads to a crash. Fix this by adding a NULL check on req->pr_desc_bh and req->pr_bitmap_bh before nilfs_palloc_commit_free_entry() in nilfs_dat_commit_free(). This also calls nilfs_error() in that case to notify that there is a fatal flaw in the filesystem metadata and prevent further operations.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 21, 2024
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 15th percentile

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CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernelbefore 4.9.335
  • linux linux kernel4.10 and later · before 4.14.301
  • linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 4.19.268
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.226
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.158
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.82
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.0.12
  • linux linux kernel6.1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.30affected
    • a17564f58b11476c011d623fa1f268602a81c27c and later · before 2f2c59506ae39496588ceb8b88bdbdbaed895d63affected · git
    • a17564f58b11476c011d623fa1f268602a81c27c and later · before 165c7a3b27a3857ebf57f626b9f38b48b6792e68affected · git
    • a17564f58b11476c011d623fa1f268602a81c27c and later · before bc3fd3293887b4cf84a9109700faeb82de533c89affected · git
    • a17564f58b11476c011d623fa1f268602a81c27c and later · before 9a130b72e6bd1fb07fc3cde839dc6fb53da76f07affected · git
    • a17564f58b11476c011d623fa1f268602a81c27c and later · before e858917ab785afe83c14f5ac141301216ccda847affected · git
    • a17564f58b11476c011d623fa1f268602a81c27c and later · before 33021419fd81efd3d729a7f19341ba4b98fe66ceaffected · git
    • a17564f58b11476c011d623fa1f268602a81c27c and later · before 381b84f60e549ea98cec4666c6c728b1b3318756affected · git
    • a17564f58b11476c011d623fa1f268602a81c27c and later · before f0a0ccda18d6fd826d7c7e7ad48a6ed61c20f8b4affected · git
    • before 2.6.30not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.0.12-16.0.12-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49005Oct 21, 2024 · ASoC: ops: Fix bounds check for _sx controls
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49006Oct 21, 2024 · tracing: Free buffers when a used dynamic event is removed
    31Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-49008Oct 21, 2024 · can: can327: can327_feed_frame_to_netdev(): fix potential skb leak when netdev is down
    22Monitor

Remediation

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux165c7a3b27a3857ebf57f626b9f38b48b6792e68Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux2f2c59506ae39496588ceb8b88bdbdbaed895d63Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux33021419fd81efd3d729a7f19341ba4b98fe66ceVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux381b84f60e549ea98cec4666c6c728b1b3318756Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9a130b72e6bd1fb07fc3cde839dc6fb53da76f07Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbc3fd3293887b4cf84a9109700faeb82de533c89Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe858917ab785afe83c14f5ac141301216ccda847Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf0a0ccda18d6fd826d7c7e7ad48a6ed61c20f8b4Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.0.12-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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References

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