Vulnerability details

CVE-2022-49078

Linux Linux

lz4: fix LZ4_decompress_safe_partial read out of bound

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lz4: fix LZ4_decompress_safe_partial read out of bound When partialDecoding, it is EOF if we've either filled the output buffer or can't proceed with reading an offset for following match. In some extreme corner cases when compressed data is suitably corrupted, UAF will occur. As reported by KASAN [1], LZ4_decompress_safe_partial may lead to read out of bound problem during decoding. lz4 upstream has fixed it [2] and this issue has been disscussed here [3] before. current decompression routine was ported from lz4 v1.8.3, bumping lib/lz4 to v1.9.+ is certainly a huge work to be done later, so, we'd better fix it first. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/000000000000830d1205cf7f0477@google.com/ [2] https://github.com/lz4/lz4/commit/c5d6f8a8be3927c0bec91bcc58667a6cfad244ad# [3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/CC666AE8-4CA4-4951-B6FB-A2EFDE3AC03B@fb.com/

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 4.20 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 2209fda323e2fd2a2d0885595fd5097717f8d2aa ≤ v < 6adc01a7aa37445dafe8846faa0610a86029b253 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 2209fda323e2fd2a2d0885595fd5097717f8d2aa ≤ v < 9fb8bc6cfc58773ce95414e11c9ccc8fc6ac4927 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 2209fda323e2fd2a2d0885595fd5097717f8d2aa ≤ v < 73953dfa9d50e5c9fe98ee13fd1d3427aa12a0a3 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 2209fda323e2fd2a2d0885595fd5097717f8d2aa ≤ v < 467d5e200ab4486b744fe1776154a43d1aa22d4b CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 2209fda323e2fd2a2d0885595fd5097717f8d2aa ≤ v < eafc0a02391b7b36617b36c97c4b5d6832cf5e24 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 2209fda323e2fd2a2d0885595fd5097717f8d2aa ≤ v < e64dbe97c05c769525cbca099ddbd22485630235 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2025-02-26
Last updated
2026-08-05
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.28%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
20.8%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-416
    Use After Free