CVE-2022-50023: dmaengine: dw-axi-dmac: ignore interrupt if no descriptor
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50023 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.8% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 18-06-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: dw-axi-dmac: ignore interrupt if no descriptor If the channel has no descriptor and the interrupt is raised then the kernel will OOPS. Check the result of vchan_next_desc() in the handler axi_chan_block_xfer_complete() to avoid the error happening.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.19%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
9%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.19% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu113 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-53.59
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1023.27
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 1fe20f1b84548bbcf48b6659ea171cd46618ea3a, < 54aa6c49361b79f7f6b15fc63dfe9ea52c70bb03 | ≥ 1fe20f1b84548bbcf48b6659ea171cd46618ea3a, < 3d05aeebbde8c69593d8aa512b7c08b8f0ad25ba | ≥ 1fe20f1b84548bbcf48b6659ea171cd46618ea3a, < 820f5ce999d2f99961e88c16d65cd26764df0590 | 4.17
- linux_kernel< 5.15.63 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.4
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.19.6-1
3 vendors · 116 products