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CVE-2022-50381: md: fix a crash in mempool_free

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: 0.16% (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 341097ee53573e06ab9fc675d96a052385b851fa, 384ef33d37cefb2ac539d44597d03f06c9b8975c, 732cd66ec19a17f2b9183d7d5b7bdb9c39b0776e.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 341097ee53573e06ab9fc675d96a052385b851fa, 384ef33d37cefb2ac539d44597d03f06c9b8975c, 732cd66ec19a17f2b9183d7d5b7bdb9c39b0776e 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: md: fix a crash in mempool_free There's a crash in mempool_free when running the lvm test shell/lvchange-rebuild-raid.sh. The reason for the crash is this: * super_written calls atomic_dec_and_test(&mddev->pending_writes) and wake_up(&mddev->sb_wait). Then it calls rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev) and bio_put(bio). * so, the process that waited on sb_wait and that is woken up is racing with bio_put(bio). * if the process wins the race, it calls bioset_exit before bio_put(bio) is executed. * bio_put(bio) attempts to free a bio into a destroyed bio set - causing a crash in mempool_free. We fix this bug by moving bio_put before atomic_dec_and_test. We also move rdev_dec_pending before atomic_dec_and_test as suggested by Neil Brown. The function md_end_flush has a similar bug - we must call bio_put before we decrement the number of in-progress bios. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page PGD 11557f0067 P4D 11557f0067 PUD 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP CPU: 0 PID: 73 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3 #5 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014 Workqueue: kdelayd flush_expired_bios [dm_delay] RIP: 0010:mempool_free+0x47/0x80 Code: 48 89 ef 5b 5d ff e0 f3 c3 48 89 f7 e8 32 45 3f 00 48 63 53 08 48 89 c6 3b 53 04 7d 2d 48 8b 43 10 8d 4a 01 48 89 df 89 4b 08 <48> 89 2c d0 e8 b0 45 3f 00 48 8d 7b 30 5b 5d 31 c9 ba 01 00 00 00 RSP: 0018:ffff88910036bda8 EFLAGS: 00010093 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff8891037b65d8 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000202 RDI: ffff8891037b65d8 RBP: ffff8891447ba240 R08: 0000000000012908 R09: 00000000003d0900 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000173544 R12: ffff889101a14000 R13: ffff8891562ac300 R14: ffff889102b41440 R15: ffffe8ffffa00d05 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff88942fa00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000001102e99000 CR4: 00000000000006b0 Call Trace: <TASK> clone_endio+0xf4/0x1c0 [dm_mod] clone_endio+0xf4/0x1c0 [dm_mod] __submit_bio+0x76/0x120 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0xb6/0x2a0 flush_expired_bios+0x28/0x2f [dm_delay] process_one_work+0x1b4/0x300 worker_thread+0x45/0x3e0 ? rescuer_thread+0x380/0x380 kthread+0xc2/0x100 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> Modules linked in: brd dm_delay dm_raid dm_mod af_packet uvesafb cfbfillrect cfbimgblt cn cfbcopyarea fb font fbdev tun autofs4 binfmt_misc configfs ipv6 virtio_rng virtio_balloon rng_core virtio_net pcspkr net_failover failover qemu_fw_cfg button mousedev raid10 raid456 libcrc32c async_raid6_recov async_memcpy async_pq raid6_pq async_xor xor async_tx raid1 raid0 md_mod sd_mod t10_pi crc64_rocksoft crc64 virtio_scsi scsi_mod evdev psmouse bsg scsi_common [last unloaded: brd] CR2: 0000000000000000 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Sep 18, 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

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Affected systems

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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 kernelbefore 4.9.337
  • linux linux kernel4.10 and later · before 4.14.303
  • linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 4.19.270
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.229
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.163
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.87
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.0.17
  • linux linux kernel6.1 and later · before 6.1.3

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

    • 2.6.13affected
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before 732cd66ec19a17f2b9183d7d5b7bdb9c39b0776eaffected · git
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before cf06b162f5b6337b688072a1a47941280b8f7110affected · git
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before b5be563b4356b3089b3245d024cae3f248ba7090affected · git
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before 384ef33d37cefb2ac539d44597d03f06c9b8975caffected · git
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before ae7793027766491c5f8635b12d15a5940d3b8698affected · git
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before 91bd504128a51776472445070e11a3b0f9348c90affected · git
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before 842f222fc42a9239831e15b1fd49a51c546902cbaffected · git
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before 97ce99984be12b9acb49ddce0f5d8ebb037adbb6affected · git
    • f8b58edf3acf0dcc186b8330939000ecf709368a and later · before 341097ee53573e06ab9fc675d96a052385b851faaffected · git

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
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREkernel-defaultbefore 3.0.101-108.192.13.0.101-108.192.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREkernel-docsbefore 3.0.101-108.192.13.0.101-108.192.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREkernel-ec2before 3.0.101-108.192.13.0.101-108.192.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREkernel-sourcebefore 3.0.101-108.192.13.0.101-108.192.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREkernel-symsbefore 3.0.101-108.192.13.0.101-108.192.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREkernel-tracebefore 3.0.101-108.192.13.0.101-108.192.1
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREkernel-xenbefore 3.0.101-108.192.13.0.101-108.192.1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50379Sep 18, 2025 · btrfs: fix race between quota enable and quota rescan ioctl
    18Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50380Sep 18, 2025 · mm: /proc/pid/smaps_rollup: fix no vma's null-deref
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-50382Sep 18, 2025 · padata: Always leave BHs disabled when running ->parallel()
    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 Linux341097ee53573e06ab9fc675d96a052385b851faVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux384ef33d37cefb2ac539d44597d03f06c9b8975cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux732cd66ec19a17f2b9183d7d5b7bdb9c39b0776eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux842f222fc42a9239831e15b1fd49a51c546902cbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux91bd504128a51776472445070e11a3b0f9348c90Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux97ce99984be12b9acb49ddce0f5d8ebb037adbb6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxae7793027766491c5f8635b12d15a5940d3b8698Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb5be563b4356b3089b3245d024cae3f248ba7090Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxcf06b162f5b6337b688072a1a47941280b8f7110Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.4-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-default3.0.101-108.192.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-docs3.0.101-108.192.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-ec23.0.101-108.192.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-source3.0.101-108.192.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-syms3.0.101-108.192.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-trace3.0.101-108.192.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREPackage registry (OSV)
suse:kernel-xen3.0.101-108.192.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 LTSS EXTREME COREPackage registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

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.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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
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-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

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

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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