PT-2025-53105 · Ntfs3+2 · Ntfs3+2

Published 2022-09-30 · Updated 2025-12-25 · CVE-2022-50739

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:A/AC:H/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.0.0-rc4

Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the NTFS3 file system implementation. Specifically, a missing null pointer check for inode operations can lead to a kernel null pointer dereference when mounting an image with a malformed Root directory MFT record. This can result in a system crash.

Recommendations Update to a version newer than 6.0.0-rc4.

Exploit

Fix

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-01143

CVE-2022-50739

Affected Products

Debian

Linux Kernel

Ntfs3

References · 19

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50739.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50739 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50739 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50739 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50739 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50739 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50739 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-01143 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50739 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f24743ddcdd3683b0a6b16e1439ad091dc3489b · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.3 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7b23037b38b577d9a4372e0c6b7c9fe808070c1 · Note
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.17 · Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1ca8ef0262b25493631ecbd9cb8c9893e1481a1 · Note