CVE-2022-50235

HIGH EPSS 6.7%
Published Sep 15, 20259mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Sep 15, 2025 9mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv2 READDIR Restore the previous limit on the @count argument to prevent a buffer overflow attack.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
6.7% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.15.12  –  <5.15.75
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16.1  –  <5.19.17
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.0  –  <6.0.3
linuxlinux_kernel5.16any
linuxlinux_kernel5.16any
linuxlinux_kernel5.16any

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00b4492686e0497fdb924a9d4c8f6f99377e176c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e57d696f60dee6117a8ace0cac7c5761d375277
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a878095b5c6f04f90553a3c45872f990dab14e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc7f225090c29a5f3b9419b1af32846a201555e7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f59c74df82f6ac9d2ea4e01aa3ae7c6c4481652d
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00b4492686e0497fdb924a9d4c8f6f99377e176c
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e57d696f60dee6117a8ace0cac7c5761d375277
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a878095b5c6f04f90553a3c45872f990dab14e
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc7f225090c29a5f3b9419b1af32846a201555e7
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f59c74df82f6ac9d2ea4e01aa3ae7c6c4481652d
    Patch