CVE-2022-50406

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-09-18. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iomap: iomap: fix memory corruption when recording errors during writeback

Every now and then I see this crash on arm64:

Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000f8 Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733687, async page read Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000006 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 CM = 0, WnR = 0 user pgtable: 64k pages, 42-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000139750000 [00000000000000f8] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000, pud=0000000000000000, pmd=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] PREEMPT SMP Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733688, async page read Dumping ftrace buffer: Buffer I/O error on dev dm-0, logical block 8733689, async page read (ftrace buffer empty) XFS (dm-0): log I/O error -5 Modules linked in: dm_thin_pool dm_persistent_data XFS (dm-0): Metadata I/O Error (0x1) detected at xfs_trans_read_buf_map+0x1ec/0x590 [xfs] (fs/xfs/xfs_trans_buf.c:296). dm_bio_prison XFS (dm-0): Please unmount the filesystem and rectify the problem(s) XFS (dm-0): xfs_imap_lookup: xfs_ialloc_read_agi() returned error -5, agno 0 dm_bufio dm_log_writes xfs nft_chain_nat xt_REDIRECT nf_nat nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip6t_REJECT potentially unexpected fatal signal 6. nf_reject_ipv6 potentially unexpected fatal signal 6. ipt_REJECT nf_reject_ipv4 CPU: 1 PID: 122166 Comm: fsstress Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc5-djwa #rc5 3004c9f1de887ebae86015f2677638ce51ee7 rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss xt_tcpudp ip_set_hash_ip ip_set_hash_net xt_set nft_compat ip_set_hash_mac ip_set nf_tables Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 1.5.1 06/16/2021 pstate: 60001000 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT +SSBS BTYPE=--) ip_tables pc : 000003fd6d7df200 x_tables lr : 000003fd6d7df1ec overlay nfsv4 CPU: 0 PID: 54031 Comm: u4:3 Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc5-djwa #rc5 3004c9f1de887ebae86015f2677638ce51ee7405 Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 1.5.1 06/16/2021 Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn sp : 000003ffd9522fd0 (flush-253:0) pstate: 60401005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT +SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : errseq_set+0x1c/0x100 x29: 000003ffd9522fd0 x28: 0000000000000023 x27: 000002acefeb6780 x26: 0000000000000005 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: 00000000ffffffff x22: 0000000000000005 lr : __filemap_set_wb_err+0x24/0xe0 x21: 0000000000000006 sp : fffffe000f80f760 x29: fffffe000f80f760 x28: 0000000000000003 x27: fffffe000f80f9f8 x26: 0000000002523000 x25: 00000000fffffffb x24: fffffe000f80f868 x23: fffffe000f80fbb0 x22: fffffc0180c26a78 x21: 0000000002530000 x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000

x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000470af3 x12: fffffc0058f70000 x11: 0000000000000040 x10: 0000000000001b20 x9 : fffffe000836b288 x8 : fffffc00eb9fd480 x7 : 0000000000f83659 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000869 x4 : 0000000000000005 x3 : 00000000000000f8 x20: 000003fd6d740020 x19: 000000000001dd36 x18: 0000000000000001 x17: 000003fd6d78704c x16: 0000000000000001 x15: 000002acfac87668 x2 : 0000000000000ffa x1 : 00000000fffffffb x0 : 00000000000000f8 Call trace: errseq_set+0x1c/0x100 __filemap_set_wb_err+0x24/0xe0 iomap_do_writepage+0x5e4/0xd5c write_cache_pages+0x208/0x674 iomap_writepages+0x34/0x60 xfs_vm_writepages+0x8c/0xcc [xfs 7a861f39c43631f15d3a5884246ba5035d4ca78b] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 2064656e72757465 x12: 0000000000002180 x11: 000003fd6d8a82d0 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 000003fd6d8ae288 x8 : 0000000000000083 x7 : 00000000ffffffff x6 : 00000000ffffffee x5 : 00000000fbad2887 x4 : 000003fd6d9abb58 x3 : 000003fd6d740020 x2 : 0000000000000006 x1 : 000000000001dd36 x0 : 0000000000000000 CPU: ---truncated---

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EG Risk
—
EPSS
4.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 18, 2025

Last Modified

January 14, 2026

References (3)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2022-50406(13)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(12)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatkernel-0:3.10.0-1160.144.1.el72025-12-22redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.144.1.rt56.1296.el72025-12-22redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-305.182.1.el8_42025-12-17redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-193.178.1.el8_22025-12-17redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-477.122.1.el8_82025-12-10redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-284.146.1.el9_22025-11-12redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-70.153.1.el9_02025-11-12redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-70.153.1.rt21.225.el9_02025-11-12redhat
redhatkernel-rt-0:5.14.0-284.146.1.rt14.431.el9_22025-11-12redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-372.168.1.el8_62025-11-12redhat
redhatkernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_92023-11-14redhat
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_32023-11-07redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2022-50406?
CVE-2022-50406 is a high vulnerability published on September 18, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iomap: iomap: fix memory corruption when recording errors during writeback Every now and then I see this crash on arm64: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000f8 Buffer I/O error on dev…
When was CVE-2022-50406 disclosed?
CVE-2022-50406 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 18, 2025, with the most recent update on January 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2022-50406 actively exploited?
CVE-2022-50406 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 4.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-50406?
CVE-2022-50406 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2022-50406?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2022-50406, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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