Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50756

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size Convert the max size to bytes to match the units of the divisor that calculates the worst-case number of PRP entries. The result is used to determine how many PRP Lists are required. The code was previously rounding this to 1 list, but we can require 2 in the worst case. In that scenario, the driver would corrupt memory beyond the size provided by the mempool. While unlikely to occur (you'd need a 4MB in exactly 127 phys segments on a queue that doesn't support SGLs), this memory corruption has been observed by kfence.

EPSS: 0.002 (11.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 943e942e6266f22babee5efeb00f8f672fbff5bd, 4.18, 0

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50756?
CVE-2022-50756 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-12-24.
How severe is CVE-2022-50756?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.