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CVE-2022-50567: fs: jfs: fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbAllocAG

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-22 · updated 2026-08-04

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: jfs: fix shift-out-of-bounds in dbAllocAG Syzbot found a crash : UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in dbAllocAG. The underlying bug is the missing check of bmp->db_agl2size. The field can be greater than 64 and trigger the shift-out-of-bounds. Fix this bug by adding a check of bmp->db_agl2size in dbMount since this field is used in many following functions. The upper bound for this field is L2MAXL2SIZE - L2MAXAG, thanks for the help of Dave Kleikamp. Note that, for maintenance, I reorganized error handling code of dbMount.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.12 — fixed in 6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0536f76a2bca83d1a3740517ba22cc93a44b3099
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c575c8905f7a8b32d5611b91856b69bac2a5bf1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3115313cf03113e87c87adee18ee49a20bbdb9ba
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/359616ce587e524107730504891afa4b1a8be58c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e997e4ce8ae7ab89d72334120f6aee49c5bbdbd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67973caae78e21ee46a7281aaa8ca364eb9c444f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/898f706695682b9954f280d95e49fa86ffa55d08
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b486946a4e62c7ef6023f7d9c1d049051384ba
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eea87acb6027be3dd4d3c57186bb22800d57fdda

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