CVE-2022-50308: ASoC: qcom: Add checks for devm_kcalloc
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50308 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% 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 6 · Related 4Timeline
- 15-09-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: qcom: Add checks for devm_kcalloc As the devm_kcalloc may return NULL, the return value needs to be checked to avoid NULL poineter dereference.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 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
EPSS trend
Probability
0.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
5%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.15% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu103 products
- linux< 5.15.0-69.76
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1033.37
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 24caf8d9eb108c52e144bcc7af94bb1edcb70700, < 4518d7cc38b7d1a7ce5a7878ca601c91e19fe47d | ≥ 24caf8d9eb108c52e144bcc7af94bb1edcb70700, < f849c116d320e85d1e2c2804c0edb0be3953b62d | ≥ 24caf8d9eb108c52e144bcc7af94bb1edcb70700, < 7830e2289eb4b74970b6cd1b6cc68dcd021c2281 | ≥ 24caf8d9eb108c52e144bcc7af94bb1edcb70700, < b1e4f92dd0c1d3c162d7ca6c1196995565cca96d | ≥ 24caf8d9eb108c52e144bcc7af94bb1edcb70700, < 1bf5ee979076ceb121ee51c95197d890b1cee7f4 | 5.10
- linux_kernel≥ 5.10, < 5.10.163 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.86 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.16 | ≥ 6.1, < 6.1.2
2 vendors · 105 products