CVE-2022-50507
- Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:47.960
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/ntfs3: Validate data run offset
This adds sanity checks for data run offset. We should make sure data
run offset is legit before trying to unpack them, otherwise we may
encounter use-after-free or some unexpected memory access behaviors.
[ 82.940342] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570
[ 82.941180] Read of size 1 at addr ffff888008a8487f by task mount/240
[ 82.941670]
[ 82.942069] CPU: 0 PID: 240 Comm: mount Not tainted 5.19.0+ #15
[ 82.942482] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.14.0-0-g155821a1990b-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
[ 82.943720] Call Trace:
[ 82.944204]
[ 82.944471] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63
[ 82.944908] print_report.cold+0xf5/0x67b
[ 82.945141] ? __wait_on_bit+0x106/0x120
[ 82.945750] ? run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570
[ 82.946626] kasan_report+0xa7/0x120
[ 82.947046] ? run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570
[ 82.947280] __asan_load1+0x51/0x60
[ 82.947483] run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570
[ 82.947709] ? memcpy+0x4e/0x70
[ 82.947927] ? run_pack+0x7a0/0x7a0
[ 82.948158] run_unpack_ex+0xad/0x3f0
[ 82.948399] ? mi_enum_attr+0x14a/0x200
[ 82.948717] ? run_unpack+0x570/0x570
[ 82.949072] ? ni_enum_attr_ex+0x1b2/0x1c0
[ 82.949332] ? ni_fname_type.part.0+0xd0/0xd0
[ 82.949611] ? mi_read+0x262/0x2c0
[ 82.949970] ? ntfs_cmp_names_cpu+0x125/0x180
[ 82.950249] ntfs_iget5+0x632/0x1870
[ 82.950621] ? ntfs_get_block_bmap+0x70/0x70
[ 82.951192] ? evict+0x223/0x280
[ 82.951525] ? iput.part.0+0x286/0x320
[ 82.951969] ntfs_fill_super+0x1321/0x1e20
[ 82.952436] ? put_ntfs+0x1d0/0x1d0
[ 82.952822] ? vsprintf+0x20/0x20
[ 82.953188] ? mutex_unlock+0x81/0xd0
[ 82.953379] ? set_blocksize+0x95/0x150
[ 82.954001] get_tree_bdev+0x232/0x370
[ 82.954438] ? put_ntfs+0x1d0/0x1d0
[ 82.954700] ntfs_fs_get_tree+0x15/0x20
[ 82.955049] vfs_get_tree+0x4c/0x130
[ 82.955292] path_mount+0x645/0xfd0
[ 82.955615] ? putname+0x80/0xa0
[ 82.955955] ? finish_automount+0x2e0/0x2e0
[ 82.956310] ? kmem_cache_free+0x110/0x390
[ 82.956723] ? putname+0x80/0xa0
[ 82.957023] do_mount+0xd6/0xf0
[ 82.957411] ? path_mount+0xfd0/0xfd0
[ 82.957638] ? __kasan_check_write+0x14/0x20
[ 82.957948] __x64_sys_mount+0xca/0x110
[ 82.958310] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90
[ 82.958719] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
[ 82.959341] RIP: 0033:0x7fd0d1ce948a
[ 82.960193] 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
[ 82.961532] RSP: 002b:00007ffe59ff69a8 EFLAGS: 00000202 ORIG_RAX: 00000000000000a5
[ 82.962527] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000564dcc107060 RCX: 00007fd0d1ce948a
[ 82.963266] RDX: 0000564dcc107260 RSI: 0000564dcc1072e0 RDI: 0000564dcc10fce0
[ 82.963686] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000564dcc107280 R09: 0000000000000020
[ 82.964272] R10: 00000000c0ed0000 R11: 0000000000000202 R12: 0000564dcc10fce0
[ 82.964785] R13: 0000564dcc107260 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 00000000ffffffff
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How to fix CVE-2022-50507
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Validate data run offset This adds sanity checks for data run offset. We should make sure data run offset is legit before trying to unpack them, otherwise we may encounter use-after-free or some unexpected memory access behaviors. [ 82.940342] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in run_unpack+0x2e3/0x570 […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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