Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1 f2fs f2fs_direct_IO_enter privilege escalation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1. It has been classified as problematic. Impacted is the function f2fs_direct_IO_enter of the component f2fs. Performing a manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2022-50270. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.0.15/6.1.1. This affects the function f2fs_direct_IO_enter of the component f2fs. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix the assign logic of iocb commit 18ae8d12991b ("f2fs: show more DIO information in tracepoint") introduces iocb field in 'f2fs_direct_IO_enter' trace event And it only assigns the pointer and later it accesses its field in trace print log. Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address ffffffc04cef3d30 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x96000007 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits pc : trace_raw_output_f2fs_direct_IO_enter+0x54/0xa4 lr : trace_raw_output_f2fs_direct_IO_enter+0x2c/0xa4 sp : ffffffc0443cbbd0 x29: ffffffc0443cbbf0 x28: ffffff8935b120d0 x27: ffffff8935b12108 x26: ffffff8935b120f0 x25: ffffff8935b12100 x24: ffffff8935b110c0 x23: ffffff8935b10000 x22: ffffff88859a936c x21: ffffff88859a936c x20: ffffff8935b110c0 x19: ffffff8935b10000 x18: ffffffc03b195060 x17: ffffff8935b11e76 x16: 00000000000000cc x15: ffffffef855c4f2c x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 000000000000004e x12: ffff0000ffffff00 x11: ffffffef86c350d0 x10: 00000000000010c0 x9 : 000000000fe0002c x8 : ffffffc04cef3d28 x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : 0000000002000000 x5 : ffffff8935b11e9a x4 : 0000000000006250 x3 : ffff0a00ffffff04 x2 : 0000000000000002 x1 : ffffffef86a0a31f x0 : ffffff8935b10000 Call trace: trace_raw_output_f2fs_direct_IO_enter+0x54/0xa4 print_trace_fmt+0x9c/0x138 print_trace_line+0x154/0x254 tracing_read_pipe+0x21c/0x380 vfs_read+0x108/0x3ac ksys_read+0x7c/0xec __arm64_sys_read+0x20/0x30 invoke_syscall+0x60/0x150 el0_svc_common.llvm.1237943816091755067+0xb8/0xf8 do_el0_svc+0x28/0xa0 Fix it by copying the required variables for printing and while at it fix the similar issue at some other places in the same file.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-50270 since 09/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 265238 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50270), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.0.16 or 6.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch d555aa37566c5c3728f2e52047a9722eae2aed93/b4244ca341ea95c52ee8fa93d04f5af3e584dd37/0db18eec0d9a7ee525209e31e3ac2f673545b12f is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (265238) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2053). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• F5 F5OS

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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