What is CVE-2022-50056?

CVE-2022-50056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-50056?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2022-50056

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: Fix missing i_op in ntfs_read_mft There is null pointer dereference because i_op == NULL. The bug happens because we don't initialize i_op for records in $Extend.

EPSS: 0.002 (5.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17, 5.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50056?: CVE-2022-50056 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-50056?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.