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

ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad quota inode

We got a issue as fllows:
==================================================================
kernel BUG at fs/ext4/extents_status.c:202!
invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
CPU: 1 PID: 810 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-next-g9631525255e3 #352
RIP: 0010:__es_tree_search.isra.0+0xb8/0xe0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001227900 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000077512a0f RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000002a10 RDI: ffff8881004cd0c8
RBP: ffff888177512ac8 R08: 47ffffffffffffff R09: 0000000000000001
R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000000679af R12: 0000000000002a10
R13: ffff888177512d88 R14: 0000000077512a10 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 00007f4bd76dbc40(0000)GS:ffff88842fd00000(0000)knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005653bf993cf8 CR3: 000000017bfdf000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
ext4_es_cache_extent+0xe2/0x210
ext4_cache_extents+0xd2/0x110
ext4_find_extent+0x5d5/0x8c0
ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x9c/0x1d30
ext4_map_blocks+0x431/0xa50
ext4_getblk+0x82/0x340
ext4_bread+0x14/0x110
ext4_quota_read+0xf0/0x180
v2_read_header+0x24/0x90
v2_check_quota_file+0x2f/0xa0
dquot_load_quota_sb+0x26c/0x760
dquot_load_quota_inode+0xa5/0x190
ext4_enable_quotas+0x14c/0x300
__ext4_fill_super+0x31cc/0x32c0
ext4_fill_super+0x115/0x2d0
get_tree_bdev+0x1d2/0x360
ext4_get_tree+0x19/0x30
vfs_get_tree+0x26/0xe0
path_mount+0x81d/0xfc0
do_mount+0x8d/0xc0
__x64_sys_mount+0xc0/0x160
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
ext4_enable_quotas
ext4_quota_enable
ext4_iget --> get error inode <5>
ext4_ext_check_inode --> Wrong imode makes it escape inspection
make_bad_inode(inode) --> EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO set imode
dquot_load_quota_inode
vfs_setup_quota_inode --> check pass
dquot_load_quota_sb
v2_check_quota_file
v2_read_header
ext4_quota_read
ext4_bread
ext4_getblk
ext4_map_blocks
ext4_ext_map_blocks
ext4_find_extent
ext4_cache_extents
ext4_es_cache_extent
__es_tree_search.isra.0
ext4_es_end --> Wrong extents trigger BUG_ON

In the above issue, s_usr_quota_inum is set to 5, but inode<5> contains
incorrect imode and disordered extents. Because 5 is EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO,
the ext4_ext_check_inode check in the ext4_iget function can be bypassed,
finally, the extents that are not checked trigger the BUG_ON in the
__es_tree_search function. To solve this issue, check whether the inode is
bad_inode in vfs_setup_quota_inode().

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00035.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
393d1d1d76933886d5e1ce603214c9987589c6d5 affected < fb1d3b4107b4837b4a0dbbf01954269bd6acfdc3
393d1d1d76933886d5e1ce603214c9987589c6d5 affected < 1d5524832ff204b8a8cd54ae1628b2122f6e9a8d
393d1d1d76933886d5e1ce603214c9987589c6d5 affected < 98004f926d27eaccdd2d336b7916a42e07392da1
393d1d1d76933886d5e1ce603214c9987589c6d5 affected < 0dcbf4dc3d54aab5990952cfd832042fb300dbe3
393d1d1d76933886d5e1ce603214c9987589c6d5 affected < 794c9175db1f2e5d2a28c326f10bd024dbd944f8
393d1d1d76933886d5e1ce603214c9987589c6d5 affected < 1daff79463d7d76096c84c57cddc30c5d4be2226
393d1d1d76933886d5e1ce603214c9987589c6d5 affected < d323877484765aaacbb2769b06e355c2041ed115
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
3.10 affected —
0 unaffected < 3.10
4.19.270 unaffected ≤ 4.19.*
5.4.229 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.163 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.87 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
6.0.18 unaffected ≤ 6.0.*
6.1.4 unaffected ≤ 6.1.*
6.2 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98004f926d27eaccdd2d336b7916a42e07392da1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d323877484765aaacbb2769b06e355c2041ed115 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1d3b4107b4837b4a0dbbf01954269bd6acfdc3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025122402-CVE-2022-50782-d849@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50782 cve-icon
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Thu, 25 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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Wed, 24 Dec 2025 13:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad quota inode We got a issue as fllows: ================================================================== kernel BUG at fs/ext4/extents_status.c:202! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 1 PID: 810 Comm: mount Not tainted 6.1.0-rc1-next-g9631525255e3 #352 RIP: 0010:__es_tree_search.isra.0+0xb8/0xe0 RSP: 0018:ffffc90001227900 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000077512a0f RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000002a10 RDI: ffff8881004cd0c8 RBP: ffff888177512ac8 R08: 47ffffffffffffff R09: 0000000000000001 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 00000000000679af R12: 0000000000002a10 R13: ffff888177512d88 R14: 0000000077512a10 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007f4bd76dbc40(0000)GS:ffff88842fd00000(0000)knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00005653bf993cf8 CR3: 000000017bfdf000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> ext4_es_cache_extent+0xe2/0x210 ext4_cache_extents+0xd2/0x110 ext4_find_extent+0x5d5/0x8c0 ext4_ext_map_blocks+0x9c/0x1d30 ext4_map_blocks+0x431/0xa50 ext4_getblk+0x82/0x340 ext4_bread+0x14/0x110 ext4_quota_read+0xf0/0x180 v2_read_header+0x24/0x90 v2_check_quota_file+0x2f/0xa0 dquot_load_quota_sb+0x26c/0x760 dquot_load_quota_inode+0xa5/0x190 ext4_enable_quotas+0x14c/0x300 __ext4_fill_super+0x31cc/0x32c0 ext4_fill_super+0x115/0x2d0 get_tree_bdev+0x1d2/0x360 ext4_get_tree+0x19/0x30 vfs_get_tree+0x26/0xe0 path_mount+0x81d/0xfc0 do_mount+0x8d/0xc0 __x64_sys_mount+0xc0/0x160 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 ext4_enable_quotas ext4_quota_enable ext4_iget --> get error inode <5> ext4_ext_check_inode --> Wrong imode makes it escape inspection make_bad_inode(inode) --> EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO set imode dquot_load_quota_inode vfs_setup_quota_inode --> check pass dquot_load_quota_sb v2_check_quota_file v2_read_header ext4_quota_read ext4_bread ext4_getblk ext4_map_blocks ext4_ext_map_blocks ext4_find_extent ext4_cache_extents ext4_es_cache_extent __es_tree_search.isra.0 ext4_es_end --> Wrong extents trigger BUG_ON In the above issue, s_usr_quota_inum is set to 5, but inode<5> contains incorrect imode and disordered extents. Because 5 is EXT4_BOOT_LOADER_INO, the ext4_ext_check_inode check in the ext4_iget function can be bypassed, finally, the extents that are not checked trigger the BUG_ON in the __es_tree_search function. To solve this issue, check whether the inode is bad_inode in vfs_setup_quota_inode().
Title ext4: fix bug_on in __es_tree_search caused by bad quota inode
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-02T15:04:44.459Z

Reserved: 2025-12-24T13:02:21.548Z

Link: CVE-2022-50782

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-24T13:16:05.047

Modified: 2025-12-29T15:58:34.503

Link: CVE-2022-50782

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50782 - Bugzilla

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