CVE-2022-50859 | cifs: Fix the error length of VALIDATE_NEGOTIATE_INFO message

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix the error length of VALIDATE_NEGOTIATE_INFO message Commit d5c7076b772a ("smb3: add smb3.1.1 to default dialect list") extend the dialects from 3 to 4, but forget to decrease the extended length when specific the dialect, then the message length is larger than expected. This maybe leak some info through network because not initialize the message body. After apply this patch, the VALIDATE_NEGOTIATE_INFO message length is reduced from 28 bytes to 26 bytes.

Published: 2025-12-30 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-50859 is rated Low Risk (10.8/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.21%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50859

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# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.21% +0.18%
2 2025-12-31 0.02%

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50859

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50859

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50859

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-50859 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-2022-50859
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50859
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50859/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-50859 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 173, released 127, not-affected 94, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50859

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50859

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.0, < 5.4.220 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.0, < 5.10.150 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.0, < 5.15.75 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.0, < 5.19.17 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.0, < 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.0, < 6.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-50859

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