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CVE-2022-50473: cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add()

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 3cdd91a9163248935720927531066b74f57aa43b, 5.2, 5c51054896bcce1d33d39fead2af73fec24f40b6.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 3cdd91a9163248935720927531066b74f57aa43b, 5.2, 5c51054896bcce1d33d39fead2af73fec24f40b6 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: cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add() In cpufreq_policy_alloc(), it will call uninitialed completion in cpufreq_sysfs_release() when kobject_init_and_add() fails. And that will cause a crash such as the following page fault in complete: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8 [..] RIP: 0010:complete+0x98/0x1f0 [..] Call Trace: kobject_put+0x1be/0x4c0 cpufreq_online.cold+0xee/0x1fd cpufreq_add_dev+0x183/0x1e0 subsys_interface_register+0x3f5/0x4e0 cpufreq_register_driver+0x3b7/0x670 acpi_cpufreq_init+0x56c/0x1000 [acpi_cpufreq] do_one_initcall+0x13d/0x780 do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630 load_module+0x6e67/0x73b0 __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 4, 2025
Updated
Nov 5, 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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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 kernel5.1.6 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 6.0.18
  • linux linux kernel6.1 and later · before 6.1.4

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

    • e977b1477a6725868302957e6b5c330220391797, 5.2affected
    • 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee and later · before 3cdd91a9163248935720927531066b74f57aa43baffected · git
    • 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee and later · before e379b88a8f8cffc99b318e028705ed9e3da0e1e0affected · git
    • 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee and later · before 8fb4c98f20dfca1237de2e3dfdbe78d156784fd3affected · git
    • 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee and later · before d88540acfc7a17079021d866de914112c396edb1affected · git
    • 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee and later · before e7c0c943ed675b66d4bbb16c51c6a3bb58da047eaffected · git
    • 4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee and later · before 5c51054896bcce1d33d39fead2af73fec24f40b6affected · git
    • 5.1.6 and later · before 5.2affected · semver
    • before 5.2not affected · semver
    • 5.4.229 and later · up to and including 5.4.*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

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    31Monitor
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    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-50475Oct 4, 2025 · RDMA/core: Make sure "ib_port" is valid when access sysfs node
    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 Linux3cdd91a9163248935720927531066b74f57aa43bVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.2Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5c51054896bcce1d33d39fead2af73fec24f40b6Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux8fb4c98f20dfca1237de2e3dfdbe78d156784fd3Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd88540acfc7a17079021d866de914112c396edb1Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe379b88a8f8cffc99b318e028705ed9e3da0e1e0Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe7c0c943ed675b66d4bbb16c51c6a3bb58da047eVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.4-1 · Debian:12Package 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.

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

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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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.

  • CVE-2024-50302319 days apartHID: core: zero-initialize the report bufferKEV
    52Plan
  • CVE-2026-52989263 days apartnvmet-tcp: propagate nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec() errors to its callers
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-53225264 days apartsctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup()
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2024-47685348 days apartnetfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put()
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-53170264 days apartaccel/ethosu: reject DMA commands with uninitialized length
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-43139214 days apartxfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr()
    34Monitor

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-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource

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

Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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