CVE-2022-50218

MEDIUM EPSS 8.8%
Published Jun 18, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Jun 18, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: light: isl29028: Fix the warning in isl29028_remove() The driver use the non-managed form of the register function in isl29028_remove(). To keep the release order as mirroring the ordering in probe, the driver should use non-managed form in probe, too. The following log reveals it: [ 32.374955] isl29028 0-0010: remove [ 32.376861] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000006: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI [ 32.377676] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000030-0x0000000000000037] [ 32.379432] RIP: 0010:kernfs_find_and_get_ns+0x28/0xe0 [ 32.385461] Call Trace: [ 32.385807] sysfs_unmerge_group+0x59/0x110 [ 32.386110] dpm_sysfs_remove+0x58/0xc0 [ 32.386391] device_del+0x296/0xe50 [ 32.386959] cdev_device_del+0x1d/0xd0 [ 32.387231] devm_iio_device_unreg+0x27/0xb0 [ 32.387542] devres_release_group+0x319/0x3d0 [ 32.388162] i2c_device_remove+0x93/0x1f0

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
8.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.11  –  <4.14.291
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.15  –  <4.19.256
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.20  –  <5.4.211
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.5  –  <5.10.137
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.11  –  <5.15.61
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <5.18.18
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.19  –  <5.19.2

References 8

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06674fc7c003b9d0aa1d37fef7ab2c24802cc6ad
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/359f3b150eab30805fe0e4e9d616887d7257a625
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f0ebfb4b9bfad2326c0b2c3cc7e37f4b9ee9eba
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1135205b0affd255510775a27df571aca84ab4b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca63d5abf404d2934e2ac03545350de7bb8c8e96
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed43fb20d3d1fca9d79db0d5faf4321a4dd58c23
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fac589fb764699a4bcd288f6656b8cd0408ea968
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1888205c0782f287e5dd4ffff1f665332e868c
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06674fc7c003b9d0aa1d37fef7ab2c24802cc6ad
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/359f3b150eab30805fe0e4e9d616887d7257a625
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f0ebfb4b9bfad2326c0b2c3cc7e37f4b9ee9eba
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1135205b0affd255510775a27df571aca84ab4b
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca63d5abf404d2934e2ac03545350de7bb8c8e96
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed43fb20d3d1fca9d79db0d5faf4321a4dd58c23
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fac589fb764699a4bcd288f6656b8cd0408ea968
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb1888205c0782f287e5dd4ffff1f665332e868c
    Patch