# CVE-2022-50341: cifs: fix oops during encryption

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel CIFS module during encryption operations can cause a system crash, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 16 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50341, GHSA-frfp-g383-4xwm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50341

## What is CVE-2022-50341?

CVE-2022-50341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Sep 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:

cifs: fix oops during encryption

When running xfstests against Azure the following oops occurred on an
arm64 system

  Unable to handle kernel write to read-only memory at virtual address
  ffff0001221cf000
  Mem abort info:
    ESR = 0x9600004f
    EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
    SET = 0, FnV = 0
    EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
    FSC = 0x0f: level 3 permission fault
  Data abort info:
    ISV = 0, ISS = 0x0000004f
    CM = 0, WnR = 1
  swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000294f3000
  [ffff0001221cf000] pgd=18000001ffff8003, p4d=18000001ffff8003,
  pud=18000001ff82e003, pmd=18000001ff71d003, pte=00600001221cf787
  Internal error: Oops: 9600004f [#1] PREEMPT SMP
  ...
  pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--)
  pc : __memcpy+0x40/0x230
  lr : scatterwalk_copychunks+0xe0/0x200
  sp : ffff800014e92de0
  x29: ffff800014e92de0 x28: ffff000114f9de80 x27: 0000000000000008
  x26: 0000000000000008 x25: ffff800014e92e78 x24: 0000000000000008
  x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000040000000000 x21: ffff000000000000
  x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff0001037c4488 x18: 0000000000000014
  x17: 235e1c0d6efa9661 x16: a435f9576b6edd6c x15: 0000000000000058
  x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000008 x12: ffff000114f2e590
  x11: ffffffffffffffff x10: 0000040000000000 x9 : ffff8000105c3580
  x8 : 2e9413b10000001a x7 : 534b4410fb86b005 x6 : 534b4410fb86b005
  x5 : ffff0001221cf008 x4 : ffff0001037c4490 x3 : 0000000000000001
  x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : ffff0001037c4488 x0 : ffff0001221cf000
  Call trace:
   __memcpy+0x40/0x230
   scatterwalk_map_and_copy+0x98/0x100
   crypto_ccm_encrypt+0x150/0x180
   crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
   crypt_message+0x750/0x880
   smb3_init_transform_rq+0x298/0x340
   smb_send_rqst.part.11+0xd8/0x180
   smb_send_rqst+0x3c/0x100
   compound_send_recv+0x534/0xbc0
   smb2_query_info_compound+0x32c/0x440
   smb2_set_ea+0x438/0x4c0
   cifs_xattr_set+0x5d4/0x7c0

This is because in scatterwalk_copychunks(), we attempted to write to
a buffer (@sign) that was allocated in the stack (vmalloc area) by
crypt_message() and thus accessing its remaining 8 (x2) bytes ended up
crossing a page boundary.

To simply fix it, we could just pass @sign kmalloc'd from
crypt_message() and then we're done.  Luckily, we don't seem to pass
any other vmalloc'd buffers in smb_rqst::rq_iov...

Instead, let's map the correct pages and offsets from vmalloc buffers
as well in cifs_sg_set_buf() and then avoiding such oopses.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50341?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50341?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Sep 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-2022-50341 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-2022-50341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50341

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.