CVE-2022-50385

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.1-6.1.2 DoS via NFSv4 Referral Mount Path Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (17)
linux/Kernel 4.1.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel 6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux
Linux/Linux < 4.1
Linux/Linux 2b0143b5c986be1ce8408b3aadc4709e0a94429d - 35e3b6ae84935d0d7ff76cbdaa83411b0ad5e471
Linux/Linux 2b0143b5c986be1ce8408b3aadc4709e0a94429d - 5458bc0f9df639d83471ca384152cc62dbee0aeb
Linux/Linux 2b0143b5c986be1ce8408b3aadc4709e0a94429d - 6f3d56783fbed861e483736a7001bdafd0dddd53
Linux/Linux 2b0143b5c986be1ce8408b3aadc4709e0a94429d - b6fd25d64b0de27991d6bd677f0adf69ad6ff07a
Linux/Linux 2b0143b5c986be1ce8408b3aadc4709e0a94429d - f12377abac15fb4e8698225ac386894f8ae63598
... and 7 more
Published Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026