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CVE-2022-50784

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50784 addresses a potential NULL-pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's iwlwifi driver, specifically within the mei component. This vulnerability occurs if an SKB (socket buffer) cloning operation fails, leading to an attempt to use a NULL pointer. While a CVSS score is not available, the FAUCET Risk Score is 7/100, suggesting a low overall risk. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
LinuxLinux
5.17CNA affecteddefault affected
LinuxLinux
>= 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35, < 0183b7c49cfdda91284505cbcdc7feecde48cbb9, >= 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35, < 8b8e25073f3dab93554ee3d5b264f7c013ebd92a, >= 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35, < d3df49dda431f7ae4132a9a0ac25a5134c04e812CNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS data has not been published for this CVE.

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15

Social Chatter

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50784Moderate

kernel: wifi: fix potential NULL-ptr deref after clone

Dec 30, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0183b7c49cfdda91284505cbcdc7feecde48cbb9
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8b8e25073f3dab93554ee3d5b264f7c013ebd92a
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d3df49dda431f7ae4132a9a0ac25a5134c04e812