🛡️ CVE-2022-50298 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
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Description

slimbus: qcom-ngd: cleanup in probe error path

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

slimbus: qcom-ngd: cleanup in probe error path

Add proper error path in probe() to cleanup resources previously

acquired/allocated to fix warnings visible during probe deferral:

notifier callback qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_notify already registered

WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 70 at kernel/notifier.c:28 notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x90

Modules linked in:

CPU: 6 PID: 70 Comm: kworker/u16:1 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc3-next-20220830 #380

Call trace:

notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x90

srcu_notifier_chain_register+0x44/0x90

qcom_register_ssr_notifier+0x38/0x4c

qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl_probe+0xd8/0x400

platform_probe+0x6c/0xe0

really_probe+0xbc/0x2d4

__driver_probe_device+0x78/0xe0

driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x12c

__device_attach_driver+0xb8/0x120

bus_for_each_drv+0x78/0xd0

__device_attach+0xa8/0x1c0

device_initial_probe+0x18/0x24

bus_probe_device+0xa0/0xac

deferred_probe_work_func+0x88/0xc0

process_one_work+0x1d4/0x320

worker_thread+0x2cc/0x44c

kthread+0x110/0x114

ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2022-50298 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 5.20.0 up to 6.0.3)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.0 up to 6.0.3)

Timeline and source

Published on 15 September 2025 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2022-50298 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-09-15
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-15

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 5.20.0 6.0.3
linux-kernel 6.0 6.0.3

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