CVE-2022-50336

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description The Linux kernel contains a vulnerability in the NTFS3 file system implementation. Specifically, a null pointer dereference can occur in the attr load runs vcn function when handling certain metadata files before the Master File Table (MFT) is processed, potentially leading to a system crash. This issue arises from a missing null pointer check when reading malformed NTFS images.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.