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CVE-2022-50581

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50581 is an out-of-bounds (OOB) read vulnerability in the Linux kernel's HFS filesystem driver. Specifically, an incorrect inode input to hfs_write_inode() could lead to an OOB read in the hfs_strcmp function during the hfs_brec_find process. This vulnerability has a FAUCET Risk Score of 5/100, indicating a low severity. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
LinuxLinux
2.6.12CNA affecteddefault affected
LinuxLinux
>= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 2344f17c0a89c181ab1a9fef57fd8c3bddfd6e30, >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 367296925c7625c3969d2a78d7a3e1dee161beb5, >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 4fd3a11804c8877ff11fec59c5c53f1635331e3e, >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 8c40f2dbae603ef0bd21e87c63f54ec59fd88256, >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 8d824e69d9f3fa3121b2dda25053bae71e2460d2, >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 90103ccb6e60aa4efe48993d23d6a528472f2233, >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < bfc9d8f27f89717431a6aecce42ae230b437433f, >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < c886c10a6eddb99923b315f42bf63f448883ef9a, >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < e9e692917c6e10a7066c7a6d092dcdc3d4e329f3CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS data has not been published for this CVE.

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15

Social Chatter

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50581

kernel: hfs: fix OOB Read in __hfs_brec_find

Oct 22, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2344f17c0a89c181ab1a9fef57fd8c3bddfd6e30
git.kernel.org / stable/c/367296925c7625c3969d2a78d7a3e1dee161beb5
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4fd3a11804c8877ff11fec59c5c53f1635331e3e
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8c40f2dbae603ef0bd21e87c63f54ec59fd88256
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8d824e69d9f3fa3121b2dda25053bae71e2460d2
git.kernel.org / stable/c/90103ccb6e60aa4efe48993d23d6a528472f2233
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bfc9d8f27f89717431a6aecce42ae230b437433f
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c886c10a6eddb99923b315f42bf63f448883ef9a
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e9e692917c6e10a7066c7a6d092dcdc3d4e329f3