Linux Kernel up to 6.0.2 ADDRS_PER_PAGE use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.219/5.10.149/5.15.74/5.19.16/6.0.2. This issue affects the function ADDRS_PER_PAGE. Performing a manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-50753. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.219/5.10.149/5.15.74/5.19.16/6.0.2. This affects the function ADDRS_PER_PAGE. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix to do sanity check on summary info As Wenqing Liu reported in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216456 BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in recover_data+0x63ae/0x6ae0 [f2fs] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8881464dcd80 by task mount/1013 CPU: 3 PID: 1013 Comm: mount Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc4 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl+0x45/0x5e print_report.cold+0xf3/0x68d kasan_report+0xa8/0x130 recover_data+0x63ae/0x6ae0 [f2fs] f2fs_recover_fsync_data+0x120d/0x1fc0 [f2fs] f2fs_fill_super+0x4665/0x61e0 [f2fs] mount_bdev+0x2cf/0x3b0 legacy_get_tree+0xed/0x1d0 vfs_get_tree+0x81/0x2b0 path_mount+0x47e/0x19d0 do_mount+0xce/0xf0 __x64_sys_mount+0x12c/0x1a0 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd The root cause is: in fuzzed image, SSA table is corrupted: ofs_in_node is larger than ADDRS_PER_PAGE(), result in out-of-range access on 4k-size page. - recover_data - do_recover_data - check_index_in_prev_nodes - f2fs_data_blkaddr This patch adds sanity check on summary info in recovery and GC flow in where the flows rely on them. After patch: [ 29.310883] F2FS-fs (loop0): Inconsistent ofs_in_node:65286 in summary, ino:0, nid:6, max:1018

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-50753 since 12/24/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/21/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 280057 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50753), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17 or 6.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch c99860f9a75079f339ed7670425b1ac58f26e2ff/4a8e8bf280703e04e0b9d91f101e1fdd9a5bd09e/73687c53919f49dff3852155621dab7a35c52854/e168f819bfa42459b14f479e55ebd550bcc78899/0922ad64ccefa3e483e84355942b86e13c8fea68/c6ad7fd16657ebd34a87a97d9588195aae87597d 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 (280057) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2929). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.219
• 5.10.149
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.15.46
• 5.15.47
• 5.15.48
• 5.15.49
• 5.15.50
• 5.15.51
• 5.15.52
• 5.15.53
• 5.15.54
• 5.15.55
• 5.15.56
• 5.15.57
• 5.15.58
• 5.15.59
• 5.15.60
• 5.15.61
• 5.15.62
• 5.15.63
• 5.15.64
• 5.15.65
• 5.15.66
• 5.15.67
• 5.15.68
• 5.15.69
• 5.15.70
• 5.15.71
• 5.15.72
• 5.15.73
• 5.15.74
• 5.19.0
• 5.19.1
• 5.19.2
• 5.19.3
• 5.19.4
• 5.19.5
• 5.19.6
• 5.19.7
• 5.19.8
• 5.19.9
• 5.19.10
• 5.19.11
• 5.19.12
• 5.19.13
• 5.19.14
• 5.19.15
• 5.19.16
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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