What is CVE-2022-50236?

CVE-2022-50236 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.6 onward and patched in 6.0.17, 6.1.3 and 6.2. CVE-2022-50236 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50236?

CVE-2022-50236 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50236?

Yes, CVE-2022-50236 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.17, 6.1.3 and 6.2. If you are running Linux kernel 4.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50236 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50236 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50236

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/mediatek: Fix crash on isr after kexec() If the system is rebooted via isr(), the IRQ handler might be triggered before the domain is initialized. Resulting on an invalid memory access error. Fix: [ 0.500930] Unable to handle kernel read from unreadable memory at virtual address 0000000000000070 [ 0.501166] Call trace: [ 0.501174] report_iommu_fault+0x28/0xfc [ 0.501180] mtk_iommu_isr+0x10c/0x1c0 [ joro: Fixed spelling in commit message ]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-09-15

Last modified 2025-11-24

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2022-50236 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.0.17, 6.1.3, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.6

Fixed in

✓ 6.0.17 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.3 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50236 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00ef8885a945c37551547d8ac8361cacd20c4e42
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85cc8a187f2de7a91e2cea522e9406fa12999269
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13acee780cedb3e06a6dadf64d9104cccd2b9fc
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50236

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-09-15

Modified 2025-11-24

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50236?

CVE-2022-50236 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.6 onward and has been patched in 6.0.17, 6.1.3 and 6.2. CVE-2022-50236 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50236?

CVE-2022-50236 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50236?

Yes — CVE-2022-50236 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.17, 6.1.3 and 6.2. If you are running Linux kernel 4.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50236 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50236 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.