CVE-2022-50507 fs/ntfs3: Validate data run offset

High 7.8 Published 4 Oct 2025 Updated 15 Aug 2026

A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel NTFS3 driver allows attackers to cause memory corruption or system crashes via crafted filesystem images.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2022-50507?

CVE-2022-50507 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 4 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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 [ 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] <TASK> [ 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

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50507?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50507?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-50507 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50507 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50507, GHSA-397q-f49x-2c9j, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50507.