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CVE-2022-50298

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-09-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.15.75 / 5.19.17 or later.
See remediation →
57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: slimbus: qcom-ngd: cleanup in probe error path Add proper error path in probe() to cleanup resources previously acquired/allocated to fix warnings visible during probe deferral: notifier callback qcom_slim_ngd_ssr_notify already registered WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 70 at kernel/notifier.c:28 notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x90 Modules linked in: CPU: 6 PID: 70 Comm: kworker/u16:1 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc3-next-20220830 #380 Call trace: notifier_chain_register+0x5c/0x90 srcu_notifier_chain_register+0x44/0x90 qcom_register_ssr_notifier+0x38/0x4c qcom_slim_ngd_ctrl_probe+0xd8/0x400 platform_probe+0x6c/0xe0 really_probe+0xbc/0x2d4 __driver_probe_device+0x78/0xe0 driver_probe_device+0x3c/0x12c __device_attach_driver+0xb8/0x120 bus_for_each_drv+0x78/0xd0 __device_attach+0xa8/0x1c0 device_initial_probe+0x18/0x24 bus_probe_device+0xa0/0xac deferred_probe_work_func+0x88/0xc0 process_one_work+0x1d4/0x320 worker_thread+0x2cc/0x44c kthread+0x110/0x114 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.11, < 5.15.75>= 5.16, < 5.19.17>= 6.0, < 6.0.3

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.15.75 / 5.19.17 / 6.0.3 or later
Fixed in 5.15.755.19.176.0.3
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

5.15.75+ / 5.19.17+ / 6.0.3+ (any stable kernel including these versions or later)

  1. Upgrade the Linux kernel to version 5.15.75 or later, OR version 5.19.17 or later, OR version 6.0.3 or later
  2. After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to load the fixed kernel version
  3. Verify the fix by checking that the notifier registration warning no longer appears in kernel logs during device probe/deferral
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require matching user-space tools and could introduce regressions in other drivers; ensure compatibility testing in non-production environments first

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