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ovl: Use "buf" flexible array for memcpy() destination

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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)

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.248, 5.15.93, 6.1.11
CVEs
CVE-2022-49743
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
2 Nov 2026, 17:54 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

ovl: Use "buf" flexible array for memcpy() destination

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Mar 2025, 16:42 UTC

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)

osv:CVE-2022-49743

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.248, 5.15.93, 6.1.11

Complete source record
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