CVE-2022-50385 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference5 documents5 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.84%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedSep 18

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs_d_automount() When mounting from a NFSv4 referral, path->dentry can end up being a negative dentry, so derive the struct nfs_server from the dentry itself instead.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.1 — 5.10.163+3
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
▶CVEListV5linux/linux2b0143b5c986be1ce8408b3aadc4709e0a94429d — 5458bc0f9df639d83471ca384152cc62dbee0aeb+5
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
CVE-2022-50385: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs_d_automount() When mounting from a NFSv4 referral, path->d↗2025-09-18
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GHSA
GHSA-gmx5-vgh2-2g4v: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs_d_automount() When mounting from a NFSv4 referral, path-↗2025-09-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs_d_automount()↗2025-09-18
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Debian
CVE-2022-50385: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix an...↗2022
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