CVE-2022-50509

low-risk
Published 2025-10-07

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (9)

Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0209e70ad496c1fcd85c2ec70e6736fd09f95d14
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11e32126b3e56c3156fb610d793732acd2bdac4f
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/441c05485cf1a29eef05c1fd8281716815283315
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e5e5defdb8b0186312c2f855ace175aee6daf9b
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a2c66429b04e85fee44d6d9f455327bf23cf49c
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa17a252dbde432095e390e2092205d4debb12e1
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9cc9e2035f7a45f5222543265daf7cd51f2530
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d308c4a035b636756786af91e5f39f9d92d7d42a
Patch https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9b37ea8869e4e6da90c07a310d819a78cbd23d2
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal