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CVE-2022-50371

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50371 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's QCOM LPG LED driver, specifically affecting the 'linux' and 'linux_kernel' products. The flaw arises because the 'lpg_brightness_set()' function, which can sleep, is called from a non-blocking context, leading to a "sleeping in atomic" bug. This issue is rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), with a local attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially resulting in high availability impact (system crash). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.19, < 6.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.1, < 6.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50371

kernel: led: qcom-lpg: Fix sleeping in atomic

Sep 17, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/3031993b3474794ecb71b6f969a3e60e4bda9d8a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/380304391fa7fb084745f26b4b9a59f4666520c1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9deba7b51d5ee7a2d93fabb69f9b8189241f90e3
Patch