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CVE-2022-50068

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50068 addresses a null pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem, specifically within the ttm_bo_validate function. This flaw affects Linux kernel versions and could lead to a system crash. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring local privileges, and resulting in high availability impact (denial of service). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.14, < 5.15.63CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.19.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 48th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50068Moderate

kernel: drm/ttm: Fix dummy res NULL ptr deref bug

Jun 18, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/76672cd326c146ded2c2712ff257b8908dcf23d8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9bd970d4097287778a4449452e70b35d0bfaa3aa
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cf4b7387c0a842d64bdd7c353e6d3298174a7740
Patch