Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2022-50540
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: qcom-adm: fix wrong sizeof config in slave_config Fix broken slave_config function that uncorrectly compare the peripheral_size with the size of the config pointer instead of the size of the config struct. This cause the crci value to be ignored and cause a kernel panic on any slave that use adm driver. To fix this, compare to the size of the struct and NOT the size of the pointer.
EPSS: 0.001 (4.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 03de6b273805b3c552ff158f8688555937375926, 5.17, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50540?
- CVE-2022-50540 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-10-07.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50540?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.