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CVE-2022-50426

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50426 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's remoteproc subsystem, specifically affecting the imx_dsp_rproc driver. This flaw allows a local attacker to cause a kernel dump, leading to a denial of service, due to a race condition where the workqueue attempts to access resources that have already been released during the device shutdown process. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low privileges, but its impact is limited to system availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.16, < 6.0.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.1, < 6.1.4CPE 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
4.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 25th 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50426Moderate

kernel: remoteproc: imx_dsp_rproc: Add mutex protection for workqueue

Oct 1, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/47e6ab07018edebf94ce873cf50a05ec76ff2dde
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4a3e1fa7a77838617bdbcd95127ce93a959fad44
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b9693304b7133b81741add5bfb56f022596df012
Patch