# CVE-2022-50747: hfs: Fix OOB Write in hfs_asc2mac

> An out-of-bounds write in the Linux kernel HFS filesystem allows attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via a crafted filesystem image.

- **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:** 24 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50747, GHSA-6fwf-f783-hfqc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50747

## What is CVE-2022-50747?

CVE-2022-50747 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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:

hfs: Fix OOB Write in hfs_asc2mac

Syzbot reported a OOB Write bug:

loop0: detected capacity change from 0 to 64
==================================================================
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hfs_asc2mac+0x467/0x9a0
fs/hfs/trans.c:133
Write of size 1 at addr ffff88801848314e by task syz-executor391/3632

Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]
 dump_stack_lvl+0x1b1/0x28e lib/dump_stack.c:106
 print_address_description+0x74/0x340 mm/kasan/report.c:284
 print_report+0x107/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:395
 kasan_report+0xcd/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:495
 hfs_asc2mac+0x467/0x9a0 fs/hfs/trans.c:133
 hfs_cat_build_key+0x92/0x170 fs/hfs/catalog.c:28
 hfs_lookup+0x1ab/0x2c0 fs/hfs/dir.c:31
 lookup_open fs/namei.c:3391 [inline]
 open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:3481 [inline]
 path_openat+0x10e6/0x2df0 fs/namei.c:3710
 do_filp_open+0x264/0x4f0 fs/namei.c:3740

If in->len is much larger than HFS_NAMELEN(31) which is the maximum
length of an HFS filename, a OOB write could occur in hfs_asc2mac(). In
that case, when the dst reaches the boundary, the srclen is still
greater than 0, which causes a OOB write.
Fix this by adding a check on dstlen in while() before writing to dst
address.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50747?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-50747?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50747 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50747 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50747 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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-2022-50747 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2022-50747/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50747/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50747
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50747
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50747

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