CVE-2022-49364 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to clear dirty inode in f2fs_evict_inode() As Yanming reported in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215904 The kernel message is shown below: kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/inode.c:825! Call Trace: evict+0x282/0x4e0 __dentry_kill+0x2b2/0x4d0 shrink_dentry_list+0x17c/0x4f0 shrink_dcache_parent+0x143/0x1e0 do_one_tree+0x9/0x30 shrink_dcache_for_umount+0x51/0x120 generic_shutdown_super+0x5c/0x3a0 kill_block_super+0x90/0xd0 kill_f2fs_super+0x225/0x310 deactivate_locked_super+0x78/0xc0 cleanup_mnt+0x2b7/0x480 task_work_run+0xc8/0x150 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x14a/0x150 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x1d/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x48/0x90 The root cause is: inode node and dnode node share the same nid, so during f2fs_evict_inode(), dnode node truncation will invalidate its NAT entry, so when truncating inode node, it fails due to invalid NAT entry, result in inode is still marked as dirty, fix this issue by clearing dirty for inode and setting SBI_NEED_FSCK flag in filesystem. output from dump.f2fs: [print_node_info: 354] Node ID [0xf:15] is inode i_nid[0] [0x f : 15]

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-04-06	0.03%	0.10%	+0.07%
2	2025-11-21	0.06%	0.03%	-0.02%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.06%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-06

0.03%

0.10%

+0.07%

2025-11-21

0.06%

0.03%

-0.02%

2025-11-18

—

0.06%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49364

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2022-49364 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49364
`redhat`	—	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49364
`suse`	medium	CVE-2022-49364 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 243 product×package rows across 46 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12 SP5, … (46 product lines)): Known Not Affected 243.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49364/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-49364 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 150, released 135, not-affected 101, needed 20.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49364

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49364

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 3.8, < 5.4.198	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.5, < 5.10.121	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11, < 5.15.46	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16, < 5.17.14	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.18, < 5.18.3	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

References for CVE-2022-49364

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03c9373b15fa1c245ec99b2b5e7ba209eae4ef42	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54c116615c99e22aa08aa950757ed726e2f60821	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c469953917b319d415fd621b9e5d0ea5203565cd	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9196d21359be8c7ee231029d13682273925fd00	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccd58045beb997544b94558a9156be4742628491	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2db71053dc0409fae785096ad19cce4c8a95af7	Patch

URL

CVE-2022-49364 | f2fs: fix to clear dirty inode in f2fs_evict_inode()

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-49364

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-49364

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-49364

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49364

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49364

References for CVE-2022-49364