{"cve":"CVE-2022-50581","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-22T14:15:43.147","modified":"2026-08-04T10:18:19.893","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhfs: fix OOB Read in __hfs_brec_find\n\nSyzbot reported a OOB read bug:\n\n==================================================================\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in hfs_strcmp+0x117/0x190\nfs/hfs/string.c:84\nRead of size 1 at addr ffff88807eb62c4e by task kworker/u4:1/11\nCPU: 1 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/u4:1 Not tainted\n6.1.0-rc6-syzkaller-00308-g644e9524388a #0\nWorkqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-7:0)\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x1b1/0x28e lib/dump_stack.c:106\n print_address_description+0x74/0x340 mm/kasan/report.c:284\n print_report+0x107/0x1f0 mm/kasan/report.c:395\n kasan_report+0xcd/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:495\n hfs_strcmp+0x117/0x190 fs/hfs/string.c:84\n __hfs_brec_find+0x213/0x5c0 fs/hfs/bfind.c:75\n hfs_brec_find+0x276/0x520 fs/hfs/bfind.c:138\n hfs_write_inode+0x34c/0xb40 fs/hfs/inode.c:462\n write_inode fs/fs-writeback.c:1440 [inline]\n\nIf the input inode of hfs_write_inode() is incorrect:\nstruct inode\n  struct hfs_inode_info\n    struct hfs_cat_key\n      struct hfs_name\n        u8 len # len is greater than HFS_NAMELEN(31) which is the\nmaximum length of an HFS filename\n\nOOB read occurred:\nhfs_write_inode()\n  hfs_brec_find()\n    __hfs_brec_find()\n      hfs_cat_keycmp()\n        hfs_strcmp() # OOB read occurred due to len is too large\n\nFix this by adding a Check on len in hfs_write_inode() before calling\nhfs_brec_find().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2344f17c0a89c181ab1a9fef57fd8c3bddfd6e30","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/367296925c7625c3969d2a78d7a3e1dee161beb5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4fd3a11804c8877ff11fec59c5c53f1635331e3e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c40f2dbae603ef0bd21e87c63f54ec59fd88256","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d824e69d9f3fa3121b2dda25053bae71e2460d2"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:12:35.277909958+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50581","score":0.00184,"percentile":0.08021,"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."]}