CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-49743

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.42%

34th percentile - higher than 34% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the OverlayFS filesystem used the flexible array 'buf' as the memcpy() destination to avoid a false positive runtime warning from the recent FORTIFY_SOURCE hardening. The issue involved a field-spanning write to the fh->fb structure.

Risk Assessment

Potential false security alarms may mask real issues or cause unexpected system behavior, but there is no direct risk of data compromise.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that eliminates false warnings and ensures proper operation of the FORTIFY_SOURCE mechanism.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: Use "buf" flexible array for memcpy() destination The "buf" flexible array needs to be the memcpy() destination to avoid false positive run-time warning from the recent FORTIFY_SOURCE hardening: memcpy: detected field-spanning write (size 93) of single field "&fh->fb" at fs/overlayfs/export.c:799 (size 21)

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