CriticalFix available
NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv2 READDIR
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv2 READDIR Restore the previous limit on the @count argument to prevent a buffer overflow attack.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-50235
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 04:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv2 READDIR
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Sept 2025, 14:01 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Protect against send buffer overflow in NFSv2 READDIR Restore the previous limit on the @count argument to prevent a buffer overflow attack.
osv:CVE-2022-50235
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3
Complete source record
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