CVE-2022-50673

Estado: AplazadaAlta (7.8)—

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

ext4: fix use-after-free in ext4_orphan_cleanup

To solve this issue, we need to propagate the return value of ext4_inode_attach_jinode() appropriately.

Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original

I caught a issue as follows:
==================================================================
 BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __list_add_valid+0x28/0x1a0
 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88814b13f378 by task mount/710

 CPU: 1 PID: 710 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3-next #370
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  dump_stack_lvl+0x73/0x9f
  print_report+0x25d/0x759
  kasan_report+0xc0/0x120
  __asan_load8+0x99/0x140
  __list_add_valid+0x28/0x1a0
  ext4_orphan_cleanup+0x564/0x9d0 [ext4]
  __ext4_fill_super+0x48e2/0x5300 [ext4]
  ext4_fill_super+0x19f/0x3a0 [ext4]
  get_tree_bdev+0x27b/0x450
  ext4_get_tree+0x19/0x30 [ext4]
  vfs_get_tree+0x49/0x150
  path_mount+0xaae/0x1350
  do_mount+0xe2/0x110
  __x64_sys_mount+0xf0/0x190
  do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
  </TASK>
 [...]
==================================================================

Above issue may happen as follows:
-------------------------------------
ext4_fill_super
  ext4_orphan_cleanup
   --- loop1: assume last_orphan is 12 ---
    list_add(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan, &EXT4_SB(sb)->s_orphan)
    ext4_truncate --> return 0
      ext4_inode_attach_jinode --> return -ENOMEM
    iput(inode) --> free inode<12>
   --- loop2: last_orphan is still 12 ---
    list_add(&EXT4_I(inode)->i_orphan, &EXT4_SB(sb)->s_orphan);
    // use inode<12> and trigger UAF

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 7.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.21%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 10
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1203 Exploitation for Client Executionexecution85 %
Impacto principalT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact70 %
Impacto secundarioT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation60 %

CVE de kernel Linux con AV:L, UI:R (requiere interacción al montar FS). Use-after-free en ext4_orphan_cleanup puede causar DoS (panic) o escalada de privilegios.

Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.

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Tecnologías afectadas (1)

⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.

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