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CVE-2022-50385: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs_d_automount()

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-09-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs_d_automount() When mounting from a NFSv4 referral, path->dentry can end up being a negative dentry, so derive the struct nfs_server from the dentry itself instead.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 4.1 before 5.10.163; from 5.11 before 5.15.86; from 5.16 before 6.0.16; from 6.1 before 6.1.2 — fixed in 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35e3b6ae84935d0d7ff76cbdaa83411b0ad5e471
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5458bc0f9df639d83471ca384152cc62dbee0aeb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f3d56783fbed861e483736a7001bdafd0dddd53
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6fd25d64b0de27991d6bd677f0adf69ad6ff07a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f12377abac15fb4e8698225ac386894f8ae63598

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