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CVE-2022-50185

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50185 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Linux kernel's drm/radeon driver, specifically within the ni_set_mc_special_registers() function. This flaw could allow a local attacker to achieve high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires local access and low privileges, but has low attack complexity. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.11, < 4.14.291CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.256CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.211CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.137CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

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 6Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
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-2022-50185Moderate

kernel: drm/radeon: fix potential buffer overflow in ni_set_mc_special_registers()

Jun 18, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/136f614931a2bb73616b292cf542da3a18daefd5
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/1f341053852be76f82610ce47a505d930512f05c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/782e413e38dffd37cc85b08b1ccb982adb4a93ce
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8508d6d23a247c29792ce2fc0df3f3404d6a6a80
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9faff03617afeced1c4e5daa89e79b3906374342
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/db1a9add3f90ff1c641974d5bb910c16b87af4ef
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/deb603c5928e546609c0d5798e231d0205748943
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ea73869df6ef386fc0feeb28ff66742ca835b18f
Patch