CVE-2022-50367

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy In alloc_inode, inode_init_always() could return -ENOMEM if security_inode_alloc() fails, which causes inode->i_private uninitialized. Then nilfs_is_metadata_file_inode() returns true and nilfs_free_inode() wrongly calls nilfs_mdt_destroy(), which frees the uninitialized inode->i_private and leads to crashes(e.g., UAF/GPF). Fix this by moving security_inode_alloc just prior to this_cpu_inc(nr_inodes)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec2aab115eb38ac4992ea2fcc2a02fbe7af5cf48

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1ff475d7c83289d0a7faef346ea3bbf90818bad

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0aa76b0f17f59dd9c9d3463550a2986a1d592e4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81de80330fa6907aec32eb54c5619059e6e36452

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e4f70d54e0225f91814e8610477d65f33cefe4

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64b79e632869ad3ef6c098a4731d559381da1115

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e488f13755ffbb60f307e991b27024716a33b29

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a96b532098284ecf8e4849b8b9e5fc7a28bdee9

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e555c3ed1fce4b278aaebe18a64a934cece57d8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-09-17

Updated: 2025-09-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00033