# CVE-2022-50519: nilfs2: replace WARN_ONs by nilfs_error for checkpoint acquisition failure

> A kernel panic can occur when handling nilfs2 checkpoint errors if panic_on_warn is enabled, causing a denial of service.

- **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:** 7 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50519, GHSA-6j8v-jch5-m772, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50519

## What is CVE-2022-50519?

CVE-2022-50519 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 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:

nilfs2: replace WARN_ONs by nilfs_error for checkpoint acquisition failure

If creation or finalization of a checkpoint fails due to anomalies in the
checkpoint metadata on disk, a kernel warning is generated.

This patch replaces the WARN_ONs by nilfs_error, so that a kernel, booted
with panic_on_warn, does not panic.  A nilfs_error is appropriate here to
handle the abnormal filesystem condition.

This also replaces the detected error codes with an I/O error so that
neither of the internal error codes is returned to callers.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50519?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50519?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50519 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50519 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-50519 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50519 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 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-2022-50519 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-2022-50519/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50519/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50519
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50519
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50519

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50519/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.