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CVE-2022-50151: usb: cdns3: fix random warning message when driver load

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.20% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 8659ab3d936fcf0084676f98b75b317017aa8f82, 8e142744f0e96abc69ccd99e6d6c7eb662267f21, 960a8a35a6027a08c4b511435bf59609b5d5e5cd.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 8659ab3d936fcf0084676f98b75b317017aa8f82, 8e142744f0e96abc69ccd99e6d6c7eb662267f21, 960a8a35a6027a08c4b511435bf59609b5d5e5cd or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: cdns3: fix random warning message when driver load Warning log: [ 4.141392] Unexpected gfp: 0x4 (GFP_DMA32). Fixing up to gfp: 0xa20 (GFP_ATOMIC). Fix your code! [ 4.150340] CPU: 1 PID: 175 Comm: 1-0050 Not tainted 5.15.5-00039-g2fd9ae1b568c #20 [ 4.158010] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QXP MEK (DT) [ 4.163155] Call trace: [ 4.165600] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1b0 [ 4.169286] show_stack+0x18/0x68 [ 4.172611] dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84 [ 4.176286] dump_stack+0x18/0x34 [ 4.179613] kmalloc_fix_flags+0x60/0x88 [ 4.183550] new_slab+0x334/0x370 [ 4.186878] ___slab_alloc.part.108+0x4d4/0x748 [ 4.191419] __slab_alloc.isra.109+0x30/0x78 [ 4.195702] kmem_cache_alloc+0x40c/0x420 [ 4.199725] dma_pool_alloc+0xac/0x1f8 [ 4.203486] cdns3_allocate_trb_pool+0xb4/0xd0 pool_alloc_page(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags) { ... page = kmalloc(sizeof(*page), mem_flags); page->vaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(pool->dev, pool->allocation, &page->dma, mem_flags); ... } kmalloc was called with mem_flags, which is passed down in cdns3_allocate_trb_pool() and have GFP_DMA32 flags. kmall_fix_flags() report warning. GFP_DMA32 is not useful at all. dma_alloc_coherent() will handle DMA memory region correctly by pool->dev. GFP_DMA32 can be removed safely.

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Aug 15, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 10th percentile
CWE
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Action score

31

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

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Affected systems

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Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.3 and later · before 5.15.63
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.19.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 5.13affected
    • b9b1eae761eeae665824ca6ef7f91da4fc798ebb and later · before 8e142744f0e96abc69ccd99e6d6c7eb662267f21affected · git
    • b9b1eae761eeae665824ca6ef7f91da4fc798ebb and later · before 960a8a35a6027a08c4b511435bf59609b5d5e5cdaffected · git
    • b9b1eae761eeae665824ca6ef7f91da4fc798ebb and later · before 8659ab3d936fcf0084676f98b75b317017aa8f82affected · git
    • before 5.13not affected · semver
    • 5.15.63 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 5.19.2 and later · up to and including 5.19.*not affected · semver
    • 6.0 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 5.19.6-15.19.6-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50148Jun 18, 2025 · kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50149Jun 18, 2025 · driver core: fix potential deadlock in __driver_attach
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-50152Jun 18, 2025 · usb: ohci-nxp: Fix refcount leak in ohci_hcd_nxp_probe
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux8659ab3d936fcf0084676f98b75b317017aa8f82Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux8e142744f0e96abc69ccd99e6d6c7eb662267f21Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux960a8a35a6027a08c4b511435bf59609b5d5e5cdVendor (CNA)
debian:linux5.19.6-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

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