{"cve":"CVE-2022-50415","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-18T16:15:44.863","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:30.020","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nparisc: led: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in start_task()\n\nstart_task() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not checked the\nret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may happen:\n\nstart_task()\n    create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, led_wq is NULL\n    queue_delayed_work()\n        queue_delayed_work_on()\n            __queue_delayed_work()  # warning here, but continue\n                __queue_work()      # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref\n\nCheck the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL.","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/3505c187b86136250b39e62c72a3a70435277af6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41f563ab3c33698bdfc3403c7c2e6c94e73681e4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e4500454d75dd249be4695d83afa3ba0724c37e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67c98fec87ed76b1feb2ae810051afd88dfa9df6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77f8b628affaec692d83ad8bfa3520db8a0cc493"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:10:08.713834912+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50415","score":0.00167,"percentile":0.05921,"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."]}