# CVE-2022-50057: fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL deref in ntfs_update_mftmirr

> A local attacker can cause a kernel crash by passing invalid mount parameters to the NTFS3 filesystem driver.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50057, GHSA-83wq-r7qc-p24w, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50057

## What is CVE-2022-50057?

CVE-2022-50057 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

fs/ntfs3: Fix NULL deref in ntfs_update_mftmirr

If ntfs_fill_super() wasn't called then sbi->sb will be equal to NULL.
Code should check this ptr before dereferencing. Syzbot hit this issue
via passing wrong mount param as can be seen from log below

Fail log:
ntfs3: Unknown parameter 'iochvrset'
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000003: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN
KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000018-0x000000000000001f]
CPU: 1 PID: 3589 Comm: syz-executor210 Not tainted 5.18.0-rc3-syzkaller-00016-gb253435746d9 #0
...
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 put_ntfs+0x1ed/0x2a0 fs/ntfs3/super.c:463
 ntfs_fs_free+0x6a/0xe0 fs/ntfs3/super.c:1363
 put_fs_context+0x119/0x7a0 fs/fs_context.c:469
 do_new_mount+0x2b4/0xad0 fs/namespace.c:3044
 do_mount fs/namespace.c:3383 [inline]
 __do_sys_mount fs/namespace.c:3591 [inline]

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50057?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50057?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50057 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50057 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50057 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50057 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50057 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50057/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50057/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50057
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50057
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50057

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50057/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.