CVE-2022-50082 [High] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix warning in ext4_iomap_begin as race between bmap and write We got issue as follows: ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 9310 at fs/ext4/inode.c:3441 ext4_iomap_begin+0x182/0x5d0 RIP: 0010:ext4_iomap_begin+0x182/0x5d0 RSP: 0018:ffff88812460fa08 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: ffff88811f168000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: ffffffff97793c12 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0000000000000003 RBP: ffff88812c669160 R08: ffff88811f168000 R09: ffffed10258cd20f R10: ffff88812c669077 R11: ffffed10258cd20e R12: 0000000000000001 R13: 00000000000000a4 R14: 000000000000000c R15: ffff88812c6691ee FS: 00007fd0d6ff3740(0000) GS:ffff8883af180000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fd0d6dda290 CR3: 0000000104a62000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: iomap_apply+0x119/0x570 iomap_bmap+0x124/0x150 ext4_bmap+0x14f/0x250 bmap+0x55/0x80 do_vfs_ioctl+0x952/0xbd0 __x64_sys_ioctl+0xc6/0x170 do_syscall_64+0x33/0x40 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9 Above issue may happen as follows: bmap write bmap ext4_bmap iomap_bmap ext4_iomap_begin ext4_file_write_iter ext4_buffered_write_iter generic_perform_write ext4_da_write_begin ext4_da_write_inline_data_begin ext4_prepare_inline_data ext4_create_inline_data ext4_set_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_INLINE_DATA); if (WARN_ON_ONCE(ext4_has_inline_data(inode))) ->trigger bug_on To solved above issue hold inode lock in ext4_bamp.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-04-14	0.05%	0.15%	+0.10%
2	2026-03-04	0.02%	0.05%	+0.03%
3	2025-06-18	—	0.02%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-14

0.05%

0.15%

+0.10%

2026-03-04

0.02%

0.05%

+0.03%

2025-06-18

—

0.02%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
7.0	3.1	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:H) Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.0	5.9	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

7.0

3.1

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:H): Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.0

5.9

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50082

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2022-50082 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50082
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50082
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50082/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-50082 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 151, released 114, not-affected 98, needed 42, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50082

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50082

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	< 5.10.137	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11, < 5.15.61	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16, < 5.18.18	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.19, < 5.19.2	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

References for CVE-2022-50082

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30dfb75e1f8645404a536c74d468d498adcd4e74	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51ae846cff568c8c29921b1b28eb2dfbcd4ac12d	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9fe6d1e3d343d7309f501b1f48020ce7127221f	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1682c7171a6c0ff576fe8116b8cba5b8f538b94	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa6482f374fda29a71ad44d76d35b4842d43cda4	Patch

URL

CVE-2022-50082 | ext4: fix warning in ext4_iomap_begin as race between bmap and write

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50082

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50082

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50082

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50082

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50082

References for CVE-2022-50082