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CVE-2022-50340: media: vimc: Fix wrong function called when vimc_init() fails

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • 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: 0.15% (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 14d85b600bb1f6f8ef61fa8fc1907e2e623d8350, 681ac2902039d9b497b3ae18fdc204314979e61e, 9c9ff35d68691aaea85b2e93763772e23930b3a3.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 14d85b600bb1f6f8ef61fa8fc1907e2e623d8350, 681ac2902039d9b497b3ae18fdc204314979e61e, 9c9ff35d68691aaea85b2e93763772e23930b3a3 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: 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

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 16, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 5th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

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

  • linux linux kernel4.13 and later · before 5.10.163
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.86
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.0.16
  • linux linux kernel6.1 and later · before 6.1.2

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

    • 4.13affected
    • 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f and later · before 14d85b600bb1f6f8ef61fa8fc1907e2e623d8350affected · git
    • 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f and later · before 9c9ff35d68691aaea85b2e93763772e23930b3a3affected · git
    • 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f and later · before 681ac2902039d9b497b3ae18fdc204314979e61eaffected · git
    • 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f and later · before f38df8984ef1b45ba23888d0e232cc21a95bd04baffected · git
    • 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f and later · before f74d3f326d1d5b8951ce263c59a121ecfa65e7c0affected · git
    • before 4.13not affected · semver
    • 5.10.163 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
    • 5.15.86 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 6.0.16 and later · up to and including 6.0.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.4-16.1.4-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2023-53292Sep 16, 2025 · blk-mq: fix NULL dereference on q->elevator in blk_mq_elv_switch_none
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50339Sep 16, 2025 · Bluetooth: avoid hci_dev_test_and_set_flag() in mgmt_init_hdev()
    28Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-50341Sep 16, 2025 · cifs: fix oops during encryption
    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 Linux14d85b600bb1f6f8ef61fa8fc1907e2e623d8350Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux681ac2902039d9b497b3ae18fdc204314979e61eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9c9ff35d68691aaea85b2e93763772e23930b3a3Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf38df8984ef1b45ba23888d0e232cc21a95bd04bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxf74d3f326d1d5b8951ce263c59a121ecfa65e7c0Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.4-1 · 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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Credits

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Variant candidates

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

  • CVE-2026-31739227 days apartcrypto: tegra - Add missing CRYPTO_ALG_ASYNC
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-52952281 days apartiommu: Fix WARN_ON in __iommu_group_set_domain_nofail() due to reset
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2025-398031 days apartscsi: ufs: core: Remove WARN_ON_ONCE() call from ufshcd_uic_cmd_compl()
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-31398199 days apartmm/rmap: fix incorrect pte restoration for lazyfree folios
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2026-46117254 days apartRDMA/mana: Remove user triggerable WARN_ON() in mana_ib_create_qp_rss()
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2023-52621539 days apartbpf: Check rcu_read_lock_trace_held() before calling bpf map helpers
    31Monitor

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

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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