PT-2025-25942 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2022-07-12 · Updated 2026-05-26 · CVE-2022-50016

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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

Description A issue in the Linux kernel has been identified where the system may process IPC reply before firmware boot, potentially leading to a NULL pointer dereference. This could occur if a broken firmware sends a reply message before a FW READY message. The issue is present in both IPC3 and IPC4 firmware.

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

Exploit

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-02365

CESA-2023_2951

CVE-2022-50016

RHSA-2023:2458

RHSA-2023:2951

RHSA-2023_2458

RHSA-2023_2951

SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1

SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1

SUSE-SU-2025:2264-1

SUSE-SU-2025_02264-1

Affected Products

Centos

Debian

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 581

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50016.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-02365 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acacd9eefd0def5a83244d88e5483b5f38ee7287 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/230f646085d17a008b609eb8fe8befb8811868f0 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50016 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50016 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50016 · Security Note