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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-50282

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device_add() While doing fault injection test, I got the following report: -

Published Sep 15, 2025 · catalog updated May 23, 2026 · Linux Linux

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2022-50282. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
None0.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.18%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Linux Linux da97a80a657d1b1b50ef633e8ff5dbf0d417fc8d <5d2146889fad4cb9e6c13e790d4cfd871486eca8

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device_add() While doing fault injection test, I got the following report: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kobject: '(null)' (0000000039956980): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 6306 at kobject_put+0x23d/0x4e0 CPU: 3 PID: 6306 Comm: 283 Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc2-00005-g307c1086d7c9 #1253 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:kobject_put+0x23d/0x4e0 Call Trace: cdev_device_add+0x15e/0x1b0

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  • vendor Linux Linux da97a80a657d1b1b50ef633e8ff5dbf0d417fc8d <5d2146889fad4cb9e6c13e790d4cfd871486eca8da97a80a657d1b1b50ef633e8ff5dbf0d417fc8d <5d2146889fad4cb9e6c13e790d4cfd871486eca8

How to fix CVE-2022-50282

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2022-50282. EPSS is 0.18%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux da97a80a657d1b1b50ef633e8ff5dbf0d417fc8d <5d2146889fad4cb9e6c13e790d4cfd871486eca8 da97a80a657d1b1b50ef633e8ff5dbf0d417fc8d <5d2146889fad4cb9e6c13e790d4cfd871486eca8. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.18%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 15, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device_add() While doing fault injection test, I got the following report: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kobject: '(null)' (0000000039956980): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 6306 at kobject_put+0x23d/0x4e0 CPU: 3 PID: 6306 Comm: 283 Tainted: G

  2. May 23, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device_add() While doing fault injection test, I got the following report: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kobject: '(null)' (0000000039956980): is not initialized, yet kobject_put() is being called. WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 6306 at kobject_put+0x23d/0x4e0 CPU: 3 PID: 6306 Comm: 283 Tainted: G

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-50282

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-50282

    30-day exploitation probability 0.18%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2022-55573

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: chardev: fix error handling in cdev_device_add() While doing fault injection test, I got the following report: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kobject: '(null)' (0000000039956980): is not initialized, yet ko

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.