# CVE-2022-50367: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs\_mdt\_destroy

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-17 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: fix UAF/GPF bug in nilfs_mdt_destroy In alloc_inode, inode_init_always() could return -ENOMEM if security_inode_alloc() fails, which causes inode->i_private uninitialized. Then nilfs_is_metadata_file_inode() returns true and nilfs_free_inode() wrongly calls nilfs_mdt_destroy(), which frees the uninitialized inode->i_private and leads to crashes(e.g., UAF/GPF). Fix this by moving security_inode_alloc just prior to this_cpu_inc(nr_inodes)

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1ff475d7c83289d0a7faef346ea3bbf90818bad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0aa76b0f17f59dd9c9d3463550a2986a1d592e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec2aab115eb38ac4992ea2fcc2a02fbe7af5cf48
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70e4f70d54e0225f91814e8610477d65f33cefe4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e555c3ed1fce4b278aaebe18a64a934cece57d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64b79e632869ad3ef6c098a4731d559381da1115
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81de80330fa6907aec32eb54c5619059e6e36452
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a96b532098284ecf8e4849b8b9e5fc7a28bdee9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e488f13755ffbb60f307e991b27024716a33b29

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