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, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.10 onward and patched in 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.87 and others. 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?

Yes, CVE-2022-50485 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.87 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

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

Yes

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.87, 6.0.18, 6.1.4, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.10

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.229 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.163 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.87 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.18 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.4 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

6 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2142dfa1de61e25b83198af0308ec7689cca25d3

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/488a5c2bf7543c3cd3f07a025f2e62be91599430

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63b1e9bccb71fe7d7e3ddc9877dbdc85e5d2d023

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0a738875c2e9c8c3366d792f8bf7fe508d5e5a5

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f725b290ed79ad61e4f721fee95a287892d8b1ad

Patch

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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

Yes

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 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.10 onward and has been patched in 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.87 and others. 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?

Yes. CVE-2022-50485 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.87 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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.