What is CVE-2022-50340?

CVE-2022-50340 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.13 onward and patched in 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 and others. CVE-2022-50340 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50340?

CVE-2022-50340 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-2022-50340?

Yes, CVE-2022-50340 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50340 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50340 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50340

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: vimc: Fix wrong function called when vimc_init() fails In vimc_init(), when platform_driver_register(&vimc_pdrv) fails, platform_driver_unregister(&vimc_pdrv) is wrongly called rather than platform_device_unregister(&vimc_pdev), which causes kernel warning: Unexpected driver unregister! WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 14517 at drivers/base/driver.c:270 driver_unregister+0x8f/0xb0 RIP: 0010:driver_unregister+0x8f/0xb0 Call Trace: <TASK> vimc_init+0x7d/0x1000 [vimc] do_one_initcall+0xd0/0x4e0 do_init_module+0x1cf/0x6b0 load_module+0x65c2/0x7820

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-09-16

Last modified 2026-01-14

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-617

CVE-2022-50340 is classified as CWE-617

See CWE-617 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.13 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.13

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.163 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.86 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.16 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.2 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50340 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/14d85b600bb1f6f8ef61fa8fc1907e2e623d8350
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/681ac2902039d9b497b3ae18fdc204314979e61e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c9ff35d68691aaea85b2e93763772e23930b3a3
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50340

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-09-16

Modified 2026-01-14

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50340?

CVE-2022-50340 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.13 onward and has been patched in 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 and others. CVE-2022-50340 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50340?

CVE-2022-50340 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-2022-50340?

Yes — CVE-2022-50340 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50340 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50340 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.