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CVE-2022-50489

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's MIPI-DSI driver, affecting the linux_kernel product. It stems from a failure to detach devices from the bus before unregistering the host, leading to potential resource leaks. With a CVSS score of 5.5, it has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.14, < 4.9.331CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.296CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.262CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.220CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.150CPE 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
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 30th 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-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
View patch
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 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50489Low

kernel: drm/mipi-dsi: Detach devices when removing the host

Oct 4, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/262364574b05676d4b9ebde2ddd3588cd2efd8ce
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/26c1b4cfe56f040f71a51c92da1f4cac2e3b9455
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/353ab1c13fdd6e524edde780235a8ce9b892c81c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/45120fa5e522d444e3fc1c5a9afc5d53eed91d00
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/668a8f17b5290d04ef7343636a5588a0692731a1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6fc2cd40db1969ba372ce9536dcfcdb87271eac4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8242167cfc83dd7e4c96f44b45f108db9bb88146
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/95ae458209f5a556bba98aff872f933694914eb7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c202cda08cd5693645d4990ad1eb2e8068a884ec
Patch