CVE-2022-50235

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 v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc7::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.16:rc8::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2025-09-15 14:15

Updated : 2025-11-24 17:41

NVD link : CVE-2022-50235

Mitre link : CVE-2022-50235

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-50235

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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