PT-2025-43091 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published

2022-12-11

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Updated

2025-12-04

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CVE-2022-50581

CVSS v2.0

4.6

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.1.0-rc6-syzkaller-00308-g644e9524388a
Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw within the HFS file system implementation. Specifically, a potential out-of-bounds read issue exists in the hfs brec find function, triggered by an incorrect input inode to hfs write inode(). This occurs when the len field within the hfs name structure exceeds the maximum allowed HFS filename length (HFS NAMELEN, which is 31). The issue is ultimately caused by an out-of-bounds read in the hfs strcmp function during a comparison operation. The Syzbot fuzzer identified this condition.
Recommendations Update the Linux kernel to version 6.1.0-rc6-syzkaller-00308-g644e9524388a or a later version that includes the fix.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Buffer Overflow

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-04636
CVE-2022-50581
SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4189-1
SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel
Suse