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So any\nremaining dirty pages must be written back before the file is released.\n\nThis is a partial revert of the blamed commit.","publishedAt":"2025-06-18T11:03:53.451Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:15:04.452Z","severity":null,"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"36ea23374d1f7b6a9d96a2b61d38830fdf23e45d","status":"affected","lessThan":"5ccb0420b7c9334ab8122037847101931b899301","versionType":"git"},{"version":"36ea23374d1f7b6a9d96a2b61d38830fdf23e45d","status":"affected","lessThan":"4bd9d5d20f344d015422969302d12653c903c271","versionType":"git"},{"version":"36ea23374d1f7b6a9d96a2b61d38830fdf23e45d","status":"affected","lessThan":"035ff33cf4db101250fb980a3941bf078f37a544","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/fuse/file.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.16","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.16","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.18.18","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.19.2","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.19.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/fuse/file.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ccb0420b7c9334ab8122037847101931b899301","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bd9d5d20f344d015422969302d12653c903c271","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/035ff33cf4db101250fb980a3941bf078f37a544"],"weaknesses":[],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:05:26.763Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50217.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-50217","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-06-18T11:03:53.451Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:15:04.452Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-06-18T10:57:27.429Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"fuse: write inode in fuse_release()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfuse: write inode in fuse_release()\n\nA race between write(2) and close(2) allows pages to be dirtied after\nfuse_flush -> write_inode_now().  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