CVE-2022-50501: media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50501 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 5.5% 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 5 · Related 5Timeline
- 04-10-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc As the coda_iram_alloc may return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid NULL poineter dereference, same as the others.
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
0.16%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
6%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.16% 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 causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu120 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-208.220 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1153.166 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < 5688d33aa293dfa122d66bef9c0258ddf7ef11e7 | ≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < 2c6887d5a29024bada6928d1d0959c9990401384 | ≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < 45f57abaee136a1e39d2b04443a1bd5311ba7d94 | ≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < 2b436f1410245412ea5e4c356a175a928d73eed3 | ≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < 35ddd00b36589cf948875b825eedaab1aefd5ad5 | ≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < b99872178e7473f21904fdeea38109275aad8ae8 | ≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < 532417dc98cb9c1185ada4ea4e7ccf965c06bcb5 | ≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < 05f165ded4a7baec31b65aba88e2cd1fb9b91db2 | ≥ b313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb, < 6b8082238fb8bb20f67e46388123e67a5bbc558d | 3.17
- linux_kernel≥ 3.17, < 4.9.337 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.303 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.270 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.229 | ≥ 5.5, < 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 · 123 products