What is CVE-2022-50385?

CVE-2022-50385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-50385?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50385

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.

EPSS: 0.001 (4.3th 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 2b0143b5c986be1ce8408b3aadc4709e0a94429d, 4.1, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50385?: CVE-2022-50385 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-50385?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.