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CVE-2022-49553: fs/ntfs3: validate BOOT sectors_per_clusters

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: 0.28% (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 4746c49b11b2403f5b5b07c6eac9e60663dcd9a3, 58cf68a1886d14ffdc5c892ce483a82156769e88, a2b6986316a2d106f6951e76db70fa4b2fde64a9.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.8, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 4746c49b11b2403f5b5b07c6eac9e60663dcd9a3, 58cf68a1886d14ffdc5c892ce483a82156769e88, a2b6986316a2d106f6951e76db70fa4b2fde64a9 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: fs/ntfs3: validate BOOT sectors_per_clusters When the NTFS BOOT sectors_per_clusters field is > 0x80, it represents a shift value. Make sure that the shift value is not too large before using it (NTFS max cluster size is 2MB). Return -EVINVAL if it too large. This prevents negative shift values and shift values that are larger than the field size. Prevents this UBSAN error: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in ../fs/ntfs3/super.c:673:16 shift exponent -192 is negative

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 20th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

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

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
7.8
2.3 point gap

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

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
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 kernel5.15 and later · before 5.15.45
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.17.13
  • linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 5.18.2

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

    • 5.15affected
    • 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 and later · before 58cf68a1886d14ffdc5c892ce483a82156769e88affected · git
    • 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 and later · before 4746c49b11b2403f5b5b07c6eac9e60663dcd9a3affected · git
    • 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 and later · before a2b6986316a2d106f6951e76db70fa4b2fde64a9affected · git
    • 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17 and later · before a3b774342fa752a5290c0de36375289dfcf4a260affected · git
    • before 5.15not affected · semver
    • 5.15.45 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 5.17.13 and later · up to and including 5.17.*not affected · semver
    • 5.18.2 and later · up to and including 5.18.*not affected · semver
    • 5.19 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.18.2-15.18.2-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49551Feb 26, 2025 · usb: isp1760: Fix out-of-bounds array access
    28Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-49552Feb 26, 2025 · bpf: Fix combination of jit blinding and pointers to bpf subprogs.
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-49555Feb 26, 2025 · Bluetooth: hci_qca: Use del_timer_sync() before freeing
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux4746c49b11b2403f5b5b07c6eac9e60663dcd9a3Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux58cf68a1886d14ffdc5c892ce483a82156769e88Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa2b6986316a2d106f6951e76db70fa4b2fde64a9Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxa3b774342fa752a5290c0de36375289dfcf4a260Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.18.2-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

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

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    39Monitor
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    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-31659422 days apartbatman-adv: reject oversized global TT response buffers
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-43341436 days apartnet/ipv6: ioam6: prevent schema length wraparound in trace fill
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-46039455 days apartrxgk: Fix potential integer overflow in length check
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-46325468 days apartRDMA/rxe: Fix iova-to-va conversion for MR page sizes != PAGE_SIZE
    39Monitor

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.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

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-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound

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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ATT&CK techniques

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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