In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: Replace snprintf with scnprintf Current code produces a warning as shown below when total characters in the constituent block device names plus the slashes exceeds 200. snprintf() returns the number of characters generated from the given input, which could cause the expression “200 – len” to wrap around to a large positive number. Fix this by using scnprintf() instead, which returns the actual number of characters written into the buffer. [ 1513.267938] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1513.267943] WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 37247 at <snip>/lib/vsprintf.c:2509 vsnprintf+0x2c8/0x510 [ 1513.267944] Modules linked in: <snip> [ 1513.267969] CPU: 15 PID: 37247 Comm: mdadm Not tainted 5.4.0-1085-azure #90~18.04.1-Ubuntu [ 1513.267969] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 05/09/2022 [ 1513.267971] RIP: 0010:vsnprintf+0x2c8/0x510 <-snip-> [ 1513.267982] Call Trace: [ 1513.267986] snprintf+0x45/0x70 [ 1513.267990] ? disk_name+0x71/0xa0 [ 1513.267993] dump_zones+0x114/0x240 [raid0] [ 1513.267996] ? _cond_resched+0x19/0x40 [ 1513.267998] raid0_run+0x19e/0x270 [raid0] [ 1513.268000] md_run+0x5e0/0xc50 [ 1513.268003] ? security_capable+0x3f/0x60 [ 1513.268005] do_md_run+0x19/0x110 [ 1513.268006] md_ioctl+0x195e/0x1f90 [ 1513.268007] blkdev_ioctl+0x91f/0x9f0 [ 1513.268010] block_ioctl+0x3d/0x50 [ 1513.268012] do_vfs_ioctl+0xa9/0x640 [ 1513.268014] ? __fput+0x162/0x260 [ 1513.268016] ksys_ioctl+0x75/0x80 [ 1513.268017] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1a/0x20 [ 1513.268019] do_syscall_64+0x5e/0x200 [ 1513.268021] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

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Linux
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References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1727fd5015d8f93474148f94e34cda5aa6ad4a43 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b0a2bd51f60418ecd67493586a2bb2174199de3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41ca95033a0c47cd6dace1f0a36a6eb5ebe799e6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8259c9d1915a50c60c7d6e9e7fb9b7da64a175 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76694e9ce0b2238c0a5f3ba54f9361dd3770ec78 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/897b1450abe5a67c842a5d24173ce4449ccdfa94 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97238b88583c27c9d3b4a0cedb45f816523f17c3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f95825c4e51cf9a653b0ef947ac78401fc9d3a40 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091557-CVE-2022-50299-9449@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50299 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50299 cve-icon
History

Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md: Replace snprintf with scnprintf Current code produces a warning as shown below when total characters in the constituent block device names plus the slashes exceeds 200. snprintf() returns the number of characters generated from the given input, which could cause the expression “200 – len” to wrap around to a large positive number. Fix this by using scnprintf() instead, which returns the actual number of characters written into the buffer. [ 1513.267938] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1513.267943] WARNING: CPU: 15 PID: 37247 at <snip>/lib/vsprintf.c:2509 vsnprintf+0x2c8/0x510 [ 1513.267944] Modules linked in: <snip> [ 1513.267969] CPU: 15 PID: 37247 Comm: mdadm Not tainted 5.4.0-1085-azure #90~18.04.1-Ubuntu [ 1513.267969] Hardware name: Microsoft Corporation Virtual Machine/Virtual Machine, BIOS Hyper-V UEFI Release v4.1 05/09/2022 [ 1513.267971] RIP: 0010:vsnprintf+0x2c8/0x510 <-snip-> [ 1513.267982] Call Trace: [ 1513.267986] snprintf+0x45/0x70 [ 1513.267990] ? disk_name+0x71/0xa0 [ 1513.267993] dump_zones+0x114/0x240 [raid0] [ 1513.267996] ? _cond_resched+0x19/0x40 [ 1513.267998] raid0_run+0x19e/0x270 [raid0] [ 1513.268000] md_run+0x5e0/0xc50 [ 1513.268003] ? security_capable+0x3f/0x60 [ 1513.268005] do_md_run+0x19/0x110 [ 1513.268006] md_ioctl+0x195e/0x1f90 [ 1513.268007] blkdev_ioctl+0x91f/0x9f0 [ 1513.268010] block_ioctl+0x3d/0x50 [ 1513.268012] do_vfs_ioctl+0xa9/0x640 [ 1513.268014] ? __fput+0x162/0x260 [ 1513.268016] ksys_ioctl+0x75/0x80 [ 1513.268017] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x1a/0x20 [ 1513.268019] do_syscall_64+0x5e/0x200 [ 1513.268021] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xa9
Title md: Replace snprintf with scnprintf
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-09-15T14:45:55.071Z

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:45:55.071Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:18:36.812Z

Link: CVE-2022-50299

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:41.353

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2022-50299

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50299 - Bugzilla