An issue was discovered in fs/nfs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. If an application sets the O_DIRECTORY flag, and tries to open a regular file, nfs_atomic_open() performs a regular lookup. If a regular file is found, ENOTDIR should occur, but the server instead returns uninitialized data in the file descriptor.
CVE-2022-24448
Score 3.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2022-02-10. NVD baseline CVSS 3.3; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 3.3
- EG Score
- 3.3(medium)
- EPSS
- 31.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 4, 2022
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (20)
- cve@mitrehttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.5
- cve@mitrehttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac795161c93699d600db16c1a8cc23a65a1eceaf
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab0fc21bc7105b54bafd85bd8b82742f9e68898a
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac795161c93699d600db16c1a8cc23a65a1eceaf
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00012.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lore.kernel.org/all/67d6a536-9027-1928-99b6-af512a36cd1a%40huawei.com/T/
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5092
- cve@mitrehttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5096
- cve@mitrehttps://www.spinics.net/lists/stable/msg531976.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.5
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=ac795161c93699d600db16c1a8cc23a65a1eceaf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ab0fc21bc7105b54bafd85bd8b82742f9e68898a
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ac795161c93699d600db16c1a8cc23a65a1eceaf
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00011.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-24448(3)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2024:0724Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security and bug fix update
- RHSA-2022:8267Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2022:7683Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Patch Availability(10)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | linux-virtual-lts-xenial (4.4.0.261.267) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-oem-5.14-tools-host (5.14.0-1024.26) @ focal | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-image-lowlatency (5.13.0.40.49) @ impish | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-headers-azure-fde (5.4.0.1076.79+cvm1.21) @ focal | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | linux-buildinfo-4.15.0-1137-azure (4.15.0-1137.150~16.04.1) @ xenial | 2026-05-26 | ubuntu |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 | 2024-02-07 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.rt21.168.el9_1 | 2022-11-15 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 | 2022-11-15 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.rt7.213.el8 | 2022-11-08 | redhat |
| redhat | kernel-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 | 2022-11-08 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(3)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2022-244482022-02-10
An issue was discovered in fs/nfs/dir.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.5. If an application sets the O_DIRECTORY flag and tries to open a regular file nfs_atomic_open() performs a regular lookup. If a regular file is found ENOTDIR should occur but the server instead returns uninitialized data in the file descriptor.
- Red HatRHSA-2022:7444LOW2022-02-04
RHSA-2022:7444 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2022:7933LOW2022-02-04
RHSA-2022:7933 — Low
- UbuntuUSN-5302-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5383-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5384-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-5385-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-7148-1MEDIUM
Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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