Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50580

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: blk-throttle: prevent overflow while calculating wait time There is a problem found by code review in tg_with_in_bps_limit() that 'bps_limit * jiffy_elapsed_rnd' might overflow. Fix the problem by calling mul_u64_u64_div_u64() instead.

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EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (10.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 11th percentile — 10.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-50580: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions e43473b7f223ec866f7db273697e76c337c390f9, 2.6.37, 0

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