What is CVE-2022-50540?

CVE-2022-50540 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.17 onward and patched in 5.19.17, 6.0.3 and 6.1. CVE-2022-50540 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50540?

CVE-2022-50540 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-2022-50540?

Yes, CVE-2022-50540 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.19.17, 6.0.3 and 6.1. If you are running Linux kernel 5.17 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50540 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50540 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50540

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: qcom-adm: fix wrong sizeof config in slave_config Fix broken slave_config function that uncorrectly compare the peripheral_size with the size of the config pointer instead of the size of the config struct. This cause the crci value to be ignored and cause a kernel panic on any slave that use adm driver. To fix this, compare to the size of the struct and NOT the size of the pointer.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-10-07

Last modified 2026-02-26

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 5.17 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.17

Fixed in

✓ 5.19.17 5.19.x ✓ 6.0.3 6.0.x ✓ 6.1

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50540 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/7490274b41a432824f7df5071ace3df2ab59caa7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c8765308371be30f50c1b5b97618b731514b207
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1dd45a6585a1689e1e8906b3f9e302b9d40c715
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50540

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-10-07

Modified 2026-02-26

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50540?

CVE-2022-50540 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.17 onward and has been patched in 5.19.17, 6.0.3 and 6.1. CVE-2022-50540 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50540?

CVE-2022-50540 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-2022-50540?

Yes — CVE-2022-50540 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.19.17, 6.0.3 and 6.1. If you are running Linux kernel 5.17 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50540 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50540 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.