# CVE-2022-50385: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs\_d\_automount()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.1

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFS: Fix an Oops in nfs_d_automount() When mounting from a NFSv4 referral, path->dentry can end up being a negative dentry, so derive the struct nfs_server from the dentry itself instead.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5458bc0f9df639d83471ca384152cc62dbee0aeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f12377abac15fb4e8698225ac386894f8ae63598
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6fd25d64b0de27991d6bd677f0adf69ad6ff07a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f3d56783fbed861e483736a7001bdafd0dddd53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35e3b6ae84935d0d7ff76cbdaa83411b0ad5e471

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