CVE-2022-49743
ovl: Use "buf" flexible array for memcpy() destination
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
27 Mar 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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)
Affected products
Linux · Linux