CVE-2022-50436
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: don't set up encryption key during jbd2 transaction
Commit a80f7fcf1867 ("ext4: fixup ext4_fc_track_* functions' signature") extended the scope of the transaction in ext4_unlink() too far, making it include the call to ext4_find_entry(). However, ext4_find_entry() can deadlock when called from within a transaction because it may need to set up the directory's encryption key.
Fix this by restoring the transaction to its original scope.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.10%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 1
- Fecha de la puntuación: 4/10/2026
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).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ba993208bcfd691e241483420a2a761d3f15750
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/206dd3acfb9bca54a25b228c7c7c2257eedde09b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23ad034760dd38e12b0e0e1b28b9629f330810a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c0d5778385cb3618ff26a561ce41de2b7d9de70
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6220ec405571ded17efedc56587190b542adf246
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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