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

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

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 4 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50507, GHSA-397q-f49x-2c9j, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50507

## 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 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50507?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50507?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50507 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50507 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-2022-50507/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50507/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50507
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50507
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50507

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