{"cve":"CVE-2022-50206","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:51.390","modified":"2026-08-15T13:17:30.803","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: fix oops in concurrently setting insn_emulation sysctls\n\nemulation_proc_handler() changes table->data for proc_dointvec_minmax\nand can generate the following Oops if called concurrently with itself:\n\n | Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010\n | Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP\n | Call trace:\n | update_insn_emulation_mode+0xc0/0x148\n | emulation_proc_handler+0x64/0xb8\n | proc_sys_call_handler+0x9c/0xf8\n | proc_sys_write+0x18/0x20\n | __vfs_write+0x20/0x48\n | vfs_write+0xe4/0x1d0\n | ksys_write+0x70/0xf8\n | __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x28\n | el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1c0\n | el0_svc_handler+0x2c/0xa0\n | el0_svc+0x8/0x200\n\nTo fix this issue, keep the table->data as &insn->current_mode and\nuse container_of() to retrieve the insn pointer. Another mutex is\nused to protect against the current_mode update but not for retrieving\ninsn_emulation as table->data is no longer changing.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04549063d5701976034d8c2bfda3d3a8cbf0409f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07022e07017ee5540f5559b0aeb916e8383c1e1a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/353b4673d01c512303c45cf2346f630cda73b5c9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a2fd114678d7fc1b5a0f8865ae98f1c17787455","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d5fec6ba2e4117d196a8259ab54615ffe562460"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50206","score":0.00247,"percentile":0.16,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}