{"cve":"CVE-2022-24448","nvd":{"published":"2022-02-04T20:15:08.723","modified":"2026-06-17T04:31:51.677","status":"Modified","description":"An issue was discovered in fs/nfs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. If an application sets the O_DIRECTORY flag, and tries to open a regular file, nfs_atomic_open() performs a regular lookup. If a regular file is found, ENOTDIR should occur, but the server instead returns uninitialized data in the file descriptor.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","score":3.3},"cwes":["CWE-755","CWE-908"],"references":["https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.5","https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac795161c93699d600db16c1a8cc23a65a1eceaf","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab0fc21bc7105b54bafd85bd8b82742f9e68898a","https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac795161c93699d600db16c1a8cc23a65a1eceaf","https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:27:20.926095847+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-24448","score":0.00397,"percentile":0.33906,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}