PT-2025-38179 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published 2022-11-29 · Updated 2025-10-23 · CVE-2022-50369

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

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

Description A null-ptr-deref issue exists in the vkms release() function within the drm/vkms module of the Linux kernel. This occurs when attempting to destroy a workqueue (composer workq) that has not been allocated, specifically during an out-of-memory (OOM) event. The issue is triggered during the destruction of the workqueue in vkms release(), leading to a null pointer dereference. The call trace indicates the issue originates from the destroy workqueue() function.

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

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-05976

CESA-2023_7077

CESA-2025_13960

CESA-2025_13961

CVE-2022-50369

RHSA-2023:6583

RHSA-2023:7077

RHSA-2023_6583

RHSA-2023_7077

RHSA-2025:13960

RHSA-2025:13961

RHSA-2025_13960

RHSA-2025_13961

SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1

SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1

SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1

SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Centos

Linux Kernel

Red Hat

Suse

References · 866

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50369.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f9836f95271e7acf016667eee0aeae3386f9645 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/596f1ba3987e601e31a5abf1f75ce1d2635aceac · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50369 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50369 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-05976 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57031c474c3a920ea73afeb5dc352e537f5793ee · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50369 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fe2a8f40c21161ffe7653cc234e7934db5b7cc5 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b8f390e2251191f1b179cc87f65d54c96565f0d · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1 · Vendor Advisory