CVE-2022-50509: media: coda: Add check for kmalloc
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-50509 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
- 07-10-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for kmalloc As the kmalloc 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
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- 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 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.
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≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < d308c4a035b636756786af91e5f39f9d92d7d42a | ≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < 11e32126b3e56c3156fb610d793732acd2bdac4f | ≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < ba9cc9e2035f7a45f5222543265daf7cd51f2530 | ≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < 7a2c66429b04e85fee44d6d9f455327bf23cf49c | ≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < d9b37ea8869e4e6da90c07a310d819a78cbd23d2 | ≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < 441c05485cf1a29eef05c1fd8281716815283315 | ≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < aa17a252dbde432095e390e2092205d4debb12e1 | ≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < 0209e70ad496c1fcd85c2ec70e6736fd09f95d14 | ≥ cb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644, < 6e5e5defdb8b0186312c2f855ace175aee6daf9b | 3.19
- linux_kernel≥ 3.19, < 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
