5.5

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

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50340DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50340
Published 16-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50340 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

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

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu119 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f, < 14d85b600bb1f6f8ef61fa8fc1907e2e623d8350 | ≥ 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f, < 9c9ff35d68691aaea85b2e93763772e23930b3a3 | ≥ 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f, < 681ac2902039d9b497b3ae18fdc204314979e61e | ≥ 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f, < f38df8984ef1b45ba23888d0e232cc21a95bd04b | ≥ 4a29b70907496aa9da79112ec31cf9cf2b972c3f, < f74d3f326d1d5b8951ce263c59a121ecfa65e7c0 | 4.13
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.13, < 5.10.163 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.86 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.16 | ≥ 6.1, < 6.1.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.4-1

3 vendors · 122 products

References

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