CVE-2022-50516 | fs: dlm: fix invalid derefence of sb_lvbptr

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs: dlm: fix invalid derefence of sb_lvbptr I experience issues when putting a lkbsb on the stack and have sb_lvbptr field to a dangled pointer while not using DLM_LKF_VALBLK. It will crash with the following kernel message, the dangled pointer is here 0xdeadbeef as example: [ 102.749317] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 00000000deadbeef [ 102.749320] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 102.749323] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 102.749325] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 102.749332] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 102.749336] CPU: 0 PID: 1567 Comm: lock_torture_wr Tainted: G W 5.19.0-rc3+ #1565 [ 102.749343] Hardware name: Red Hat KVM/RHEL-AV, BIOS 1.16.0-2.module+el8.7.0+15506+033991b0 04/01/2014 [ 102.749344] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [ 102.749353] Code: cc cc cc cc eb 1e 0f 1f 00 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 48 c1 e9 03 83 e2 07 f3 48 a5 89 d1 f3 a4 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 <f3> a4 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 83 fa 20 72 7e 40 38 fe [ 102.749355] RSP: 0018:ffff97a58145fd08 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 102.749358] RAX: ffff901778b77070 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000040 [ 102.749360] RDX: 0000000000000040 RSI: 00000000deadbeef RDI: ffff901778b77070 [ 102.749362] RBP: ffff97a58145fd10 R08: ffff901760b67a70 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 102.749364] R10: ffff9017008e2cb8 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffff901760b67a70 [ 102.749366] R13: ffff901760b78f00 R14: 0000000000000003 R15: 0000000000000001 [ 102.749368] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff901876e00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 102.749372] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 102.749374] CR2: 00000000deadbeef CR3: 000000017c49a004 CR4: 0000000000770ef0 [ 102.749376] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 102.749378] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 102.749379] PKRU: 55555554 [ 102.749381] Call Trace: [ 102.749382] <TASK> [ 102.749383] ? send_args+0xb2/0xd0 [ 102.749389] send_common+0xb7/0xd0 [ 102.749395] _unlock_lock+0x2c/0x90 [ 102.749400] unlock_lock.isra.56+0x62/0xa0 [ 102.749405] dlm_unlock+0x21e/0x330 [ 102.749411] ? lock_torture_stats+0x80/0x80 [dlm_locktorture] [ 102.749416] torture_unlock+0x5a/0x90 [dlm_locktorture] [ 102.749419] ? preempt_count_sub+0xba/0x100 [ 102.749427] lock_torture_writer+0xbd/0x150 [dlm_locktorture] [ 102.786186] kthread+0x10a/0x130 [ 102.786581] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 [ 102.787156] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 [ 102.787588] </TASK> [ 102.787855] Modules linked in: dlm_locktorture torture rpcsec_gss_krb5 intel_rapl_msr intel_rapl_common kvm_intel iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support kvm vmw_vsock_virtio_transport qxl irqbypass vmw_vsock_virtio_transport_common drm_ttm_helper crc32_pclmul joydev crc32c_intel ttm vsock virtio_scsi virtio_balloon snd_pcm drm_kms_helper virtio_console snd_timer snd drm soundcore syscopyarea i2c_i801 sysfillrect sysimgblt i2c_smbus pcspkr fb_sys_fops lpc_ich serio_raw [ 102.792536] CR2: 00000000deadbeef [ 102.792930] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- This patch fixes the issue by checking also on DLM_LKF_VALBLK on exflags is set when copying the lvbptr array instead of if it's just null which fixes for me the issue. I think this patch can fix other dlm users as well, depending how they handle the init, freeing memory handling of sb_lvbptr and don't set DLM_LKF_VALBLK for some dlm_lock() calls. It might a there could be a hidden issue all the time. However with checking on DLM_LKF_VALBLK the user always need to provide a sb_lvbptr non-null value. There might be more intelligent handling between per ls lvblen, DLM_LKF_VALBLK and non-null to report the user the way how DLM API is used is wrong but can be added for later, this will only fix the current behaviour.

Published: 2025-10-07 Last update: 2026-03-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-50516 is rated Low Risk (23.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50516

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-08 0.02%

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50516

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50516

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50516

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-50516 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-2022-50516
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50516
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50516/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-50516 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1414 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1017, ignored 162, released 110, not-affected 82, needed 42, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50516

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50516

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 2.6.19, < 5.15.76 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 5.19.17 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.0, < 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-50516

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