How severe is CVE-2022-50262?

This vulnerability has a CVSS score of (Unknown severity).

How difficult is it to exploit CVE-2022-50262?

Exploit difficulty: HARD. Estimated time to exploit: > 4 hours. Required skills: Advanced security expertise.

CVE-2022-50262 - YourPassGen

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/ntfs3: Validate BOOT record_size

When the NTFS BOOT record_size field record_bits calculation through blksize_bits() assumes
the size always > 256, which could lead to NPD while mounting a
malformed NTFS image.

[ 318.675159] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000158
[ 318.675682] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 318.675869] #PF: error_code(0x0000) – not-present page
[ 318.676246] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 318.676502] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 318.676934] CPU: 0 PID: 259 Comm: mount Not tainted 5.19.0 #5
[ 318.677289] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 318.678136] RIP: 0010:ni_find_attr+0x2d/0x1c0
[ 318.678656] Code: 89 ca 4d 89 c7 41 56 41 55 41 54 41 89 cc 55 48 89 fd 53 48 89 d3 48 83 ec 20 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 180
[ 318.679848] RSP: 0018:ffffa6c8c0297bd8 EFLAGS: 00000246
[ 318.680104] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000080
[ 318.680790] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
[ 318.681679] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 318.682577] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000005 R12: 0000000000000080
[ 318.683015] R13: ffff8d5582e68400 R14: 0000000000000100 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 318.683618] FS: 00007fd9e1c81e40(0000) GS:ffff8d55fdc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 318.684280] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 318.684651] CR2: 0000000000000158 CR3: 0000000002e1a000 CR4: 00000000000006f0
[ 318.685623] Call Trace:
[ 318.686607]
[ 318.686872] ? ntfs_alloc_inode+0x1a/0x60
[ 318.687235] attr_load_runs_vcn+0x2b/0xa0
[ 318.687468] mi_read+0xbb/0x250
[ 318.687576] ntfs_iget5+0x114/0xd90
[ 318.687750] ntfs_fill_super+0x588/0x11b0
[ 318.687953] ? put_ntfs+0x130/0x130
[ 318.688065] ? snprintf+0x49/0x70
[ 318.688164] ? put_ntfs+0x130/0x130
[ 318.688256] get_tree_bdev+0x16a/0x260
[ 318.688407] vfs_get_tree+0x20/0xb0
[ 318.688519] path_mount+0x2dc/0x9b0
[ 318.688877] do_mount+0x74/0x90
[ 318.689142] __x64_sys_mount+0x89/0xd0
[ 318.689636] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
[ 318.689998] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[ 318.690318] RIP: 0033:0x7fd9e133c48a
[ 318.690687] Code: 48 8b 0d 11 fa 2a 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48 83 c8 ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 49 89 ca b8 a5 00 00 008
[ 318.691357] RSP: 002b:00007ffd374406c8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
[ 318.691632] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000564d0b051080 RCX: 00007fd9e133c48a
[ 318.691920] RDX: 0000564d0b051280 RSI: 0000564d0b051300 RDI: 0000564d0b0596a0
[ 318.692123] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000564d0b0512a0 R09: 0000000000000020
[ 318.692349] R10: 00000000c0ed0000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000564d0b0596a0
[ 318.692673] R13: 0000564d0b051280 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000ffffffff
[ 318.693007]
[ 318.693271] Modules linked in:
[ 318.693614] CR2: 0000000000000158
[ 318.694446] —[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]—
[ 318.694779] RIP: 0010:ni_find_attr+0x2d/0x1c0
[ 318.694952] Code: 89 ca 4d 89 c7 41 56 41 55 41 54 41 89 cc 55 48 89 fd 53 48 89 d3 48 83 ec 20 65 48 8b 04 25 28 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 180
[ 318.696042] RSP: 0018:ffffa6c8c0297bd8 EFLAGS: 00000246
[ 318.696531] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000080
[ 318.698114] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000000
[ 318.699286] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
[ 318.699795] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000005 R12: 0000000000000080
[ 318.700236] R13: ffff8d5582e68400 R14: 0000000000000100 R15: 0000000000000000
[ 318.700973] FS: 00007fd9e1c81e40(0000) GS:ffff8d55fdc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
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—truncated—

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How to fix CVE-2022-50262

CVE-2022-50262 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Validate BOOT record_size When the NTFS BOOT record_size field record_bits calculation through blksize_bits() assumes the size always > 256, which could lead to NPD while mounting a malformed NTFS image. [ 318.675159] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000158 [ 318.675682] #PF: supervisor read […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Full CVE details

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD

⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours

🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise

💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Sep 15, 2025

Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Nov 12, 2025

Imported to Database

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Detection Rules & IOCs

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