{"cve":"CVE-2022-50388","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T14:15:37.723","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:24.610","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnvme: fix multipath crash caused by flush request when blktrace is enabled\n\nThe flush request initialized by blk_kick_flush has NULL bio,\nand it may be dealt with nvme_end_req during io completion.\nWhen blktrace is enabled, nvme_trace_bio_complete with multipath\nactivated trying to access NULL pointer bio from flush request\nresults in the following crash:\n\n[ 2517.831677] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000001a\n[ 2517.835213] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n[ 2517.838724] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n[ 2517.842222] PGD 7b2d51067 P4D 0\n[ 2517.845684] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\n[ 2517.849125] CPU: 2 PID: 732 Comm: kworker/2:1H Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S                5.15.67-0.cl9.x86_64 #1\n[ 2517.852723] Hardware name: XFUSION 2288H V6/BC13MBSBC, BIOS 1.13 07/27/2022\n[ 2517.856358] Workqueue: nvme_tcp_wq nvme_tcp_io_work [nvme_tcp]\n[ 2517.859993] RIP: 0010:blk_add_trace_bio_complete+0x6/0x30\n[ 2517.863628] Code: 1f 44 00 00 48 8b 46 08 31 c9 ba 04 00 10 00 48 8b 80 50 03 00 00 48 8b 78 50 e9 e5 fe ff ff 0f 1f 44 00 00 41 54 49 89 f4 55 <0f> b6 7a 1a 48 89 d5 e8 3e 1c 2b 00 48 89 ee 4c 89 e7 5d 89 c1 ba\n[ 2517.871269] RSP: 0018:ff7f6a008d9dbcd0 EFLAGS: 00010286\n[ 2517.875081] RAX: ff3d5b4be00b1d50 RBX: 0000000002040002 RCX: ff3d5b0a270f2000\n[ 2517.878966] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ff3d5b0b021fb9f8 RDI: 0000000000000000\n[ 2517.882849] RBP: ff3d5b0b96a6fa00 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000000\n[ 2517.886718] R10: 000000000000000c R11: 000000000000000c R12: ff3d5b0b021fb9f8\n[ 2517.890575] R13: 0000000002000000 R14: ff3d5b0b021fb1b0 R15: 0000000000000018\n[ 2517.894434] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff3d5b42bfc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n[ 2517.898299] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n[ 2517.902157] CR2: 000000000000001a CR3: 00000004f023e005 CR4: 0000000000771ee0\n[ 2517.906053] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n[ 2517.909930] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n[ 2517.913761] PKRU: 55555554\n[ 2517.917558] Call Trace:\n[ 2517.921294]  <TASK>\n[ 2517.924982]  nvme_complete_rq+0x1c3/0x1e0 [nvme_core]\n[ 2517.928715]  nvme_tcp_recv_pdu+0x4d7/0x540 [nvme_tcp]\n[ 2517.932442]  nvme_tcp_recv_skb+0x4f/0x240 [nvme_tcp]\n[ 2517.936137]  ? nvme_tcp_recv_pdu+0x540/0x540 [nvme_tcp]\n[ 2517.939830]  tcp_read_sock+0x9c/0x260\n[ 2517.943486]  nvme_tcp_try_recv+0x65/0xa0 [nvme_tcp]\n[ 2517.947173]  nvme_tcp_io_work+0x64/0x90 [nvme_tcp]\n[ 2517.950834]  process_one_work+0x1e8/0x390\n[ 2517.954473]  worker_thread+0x53/0x3c0\n[ 2517.958069]  ? process_one_work+0x390/0x390\n[ 2517.961655]  kthread+0x10c/0x130\n[ 2517.965211]  ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40\n[ 2517.968760]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30\n[ 2517.972285]  </TASK>\n\nTo avoid this situation, add a NULL check for req->bio before\ncalling trace_block_bio_complete.","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/183c2aaef40a91acbaae45c3824d6cde7bb62b10","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3659fb5ac29a5e6102bebe494ac789fd47fb78f4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4df413d46960f11c8c105238cfc3f5ff4c95c003","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f13301a69ababa6c2236fb4f0393b7e914e7e1e0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcd2d199486033223e9b2a6a7f9a01dd0327eac3"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50388","score":0.00159,"percentile":0.05028,"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."]}