What is CVE-2022-50298?

CVE-2022-50298 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.11 onward and patched in 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3 and others. CVE-2022-50298 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50298?

CVE-2022-50298 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-2022-50298?

Yes, CVE-2022-50298 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50298 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50298 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50298

Medium

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

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-09-15

Last modified 2025-12-04

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.11 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.11

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.75 5.15.x ✓ 5.19.17 5.19.x ✓ 6.0.3 6.0.x ✓ 6.1

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50298 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/0c76110a3129c8d56d8fb7b6270dcc0c5c2f1a41
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16f14551d0df9e7cd283545d7d748829594d912f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d567179f27788925dc90fe5e905cdabfce7d190
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50298

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-09-15

Modified 2025-12-04

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50298?

CVE-2022-50298 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.11 onward and has been patched in 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3 and others. CVE-2022-50298 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50298?

CVE-2022-50298 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-2022-50298?

Yes — CVE-2022-50298 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50298 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50298 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.