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CVE-2022-50144

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published Jun 18, 2025 linux CWE-476 EPSS 0.17% (6th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2022-50144 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on June 18, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

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

soundwire: revisit driver bind/unbind and callbacks

In the SoundWire probe, we store a pointer from the driver ops into

the 'slave' structure. This can lead to kernel oopses when unbinding

codec drivers, e.g. with the following sequence to remove machine

driver and codec driver.

/sbin/modprobe -r snd_soc_sof_sdw

/sbin/modprobe -r snd_soc_rt711

The full details can be found in the BugLink below, for reference the

two following examples show different cases of driver ops/callbacks

being invoked after the driver .remove().

kernel: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000150

kernel: Workqueue: events cdns_update_slave_status_work [soundwire_cadence]

kernel: RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x19/0x30

kernel: Call Trace:

kernel: ? sdw_handle_slave_status+0x426/0xe00 [soundwire_bus 94ff184bf398570c3f8ff7efe9e32529f532e4ae]

kernel: ? newidle_balance+0x26a/0x400

kernel: ? cdns_update_slave_status_work+0x1e9/0x20

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 4.16, < 5.15.61 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-50144?

CVE-2022-50144 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on June 18, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2022-50144?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2022-50144?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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