What is CVE-2022-50485?

CVE-2022-50485 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10. CVE-2022-50485 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50485?

CVE-2022-50485 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50485?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-50485. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-50485 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50485 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50485

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: add EXT4_IGET_BAD flag to prevent unexpected bad inode There are many places that will get unhappy (and crash) when ext4_iget() returns a bad inode. However, if iget the boot loader inode, allows a bad inode to be returned, because the inode may not be initialized. This mechanism can be used to bypass some checks and cause panic. To solve this problem, we add a special iget flag EXT4_IGET_BAD. Only with this flag we'd be returning bad inode from ext4_iget(), otherwise we always return the error code if the inode is bad inode.(suggested by Jan Kara)

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-10-04

Last modified 2026-03-25

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50485 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2142dfa1de61e25b83198af0308ec7689cca25d3
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488a5c2bf7543c3cd3f07a025f2e62be91599430
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63b1e9bccb71fe7d7e3ddc9877dbdc85e5d2d023
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50485

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-10-04

Modified 2026-03-25

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50485?

CVE-2022-50485 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . CVE-2022-50485 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50485?

CVE-2022-50485 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50485?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-50485. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-50485 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50485 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.