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

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-10-22 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.12

## 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.

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## Related

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## References

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

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