In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ext4: fix bug in extents parsing when eh_entries == 0 and eh_depth > 0

When walking through an inode extents, the ext4_ext_binsearch_idx() function
assumes that the extent header has been previously validated. However, there
are no checks that verify that the number of entries (eh->eh_entries) is
non-zero when depth is > 0. And this will lead to problems because the
EXT_FIRST_INDEX() and EXT_LAST_INDEX() will return garbage and result in this:

[ 135.245946] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 135.247579] kernel BUG at fs/ext4/extents.c:2258!
[ 135.249045] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 135.250320] CPU: 2 PID: 238 Comm: tmp118 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc8+ #4
[ 135.252067] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b-rebuilt.opensuse.org 04/01/2014
[ 135.255065] RIP: 0010:ext4_ext_map_blocks+0xc20/0xcb0
[ 135.256475] Code:
[ 135.261433] RSP: 0018:ffffc900005939f8 EFLAGS: 00010246
[ 135.262847] RAX: 0000000000000024 RBX: ffffc90000593b70 RCX: 0000000000000023
[ 135.264765] RDX: ffff8880038e5f10 RSI: 0000000000000003 RDI: ffff8880046e922c
[ 135.266670] RBP: ffff8880046e9348 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: ffff888002ca580c
[ 135.268576] R10: 0000000000002602 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000000024
[ 135.270477] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000024 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 135.272394] FS: 00007fdabdc56740(0000) GS:ffff88807dd00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 135.274510] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 135.276075] CR2: 00007ffc26bd4f00 CR3: 0000000006261004 CR4: 0000000000170ea0
[ 135.277952] Call Trace:
[ 135.278635] <TASK>
[ 135.279247] ? preempt_count_add+0x6d/0xa0
[ 135.280358] ? percpu_counter_add_batch+0x55/0xb0
[ 135.281612] ? _raw_read_unlock+0x18/0x30
[ 135.282704] ext4_map_blocks+0x294/0x5a0
[ 135.283745] ? xa_load+0x6f/0xa0
[ 135.284562] ext4_mpage_readpages+0x3d6/0x770
[ 135.285646] read_pages+0x67/0x1d0
[ 135.286492] ? folio_add_lru+0x51/0x80
[ 135.287441] page_cache_ra_unbounded+0x124/0x170
[ 135.288510] filemap_get_pages+0x23d/0x5a0
[ 135.289457] ? path_openat+0xa72/0xdd0
[ 135.290332] filemap_read+0xbf/0x300
[ 135.291158] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x17/0x40
[ 135.292192] new_sync_read+0x103/0x170
[ 135.293014] vfs_read+0x15d/0x180
[ 135.293745] ksys_read+0xa1/0xe0
[ 135.294461] do_syscall_64+0x3c/0x80
[ 135.295284] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

This patch simply adds an extra check in __ext4_ext_check(), verifying that
eh_entries is not 0 when eh_depth is > 0.

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Tue, 16 Sep 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-23T13:19:49.121Z

Reserved: 2024-02-25T13:44:28.315Z

Link: CVE-2022-48631

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:17:55.530Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-04-28T13:15:06.450

Modified: 2025-09-19T14:56:13.800

Link: CVE-2022-48631

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2024-04-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48631 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-07-13T11:31:20Z

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