CVE-2022-50538
Estado: AnalizadaMedia (5.5)—
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init()
In fake_init(), __root_device_register() is possible to fail but it's ignored, which can cause unregistering vme_root fail when exit.
Return error when __root_device_register() fails.
Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original
general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000008c KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000460-0x0000000000000467] RIP: 0010:root_device_unregister+0x26/0x60 Call Trace: <TASK> __x64_sys_delete_module+0x34f/0x540 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 5.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.16%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 4
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-476
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09be0e7ac5f9374b6f8de72c89ed67129af71f65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d3de40c1ffb6a5e626bf46ff5ef5766c824e2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bc217b25ea81034fad8e33fd33e4659f086421d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ff9bd4ffc87bace581e235a6728f5ac8e5071f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69b43937f14bdc3594f57f1a507a14f3d1187136
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bef797d707f1744f71156b21d41e3b8c946631f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2a93546d414c7fe4862b87183fb737d1300d9d2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e831fdd60e5863ee03173baf5a0f7c5450b44381
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3f65c4177846c483bf009f8c512ab04b3c62466
JSON original (NVD)
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