{"cve":"CVE-2022-50473","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-04T16:15:43.793","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:37.470","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add()\n\nIn cpufreq_policy_alloc(), it will call uninitialed completion in\ncpufreq_sysfs_release() when kobject_init_and_add() fails. And\nthat will cause a crash such as the following page fault in complete:\n\nBUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8\n[..]\nRIP: 0010:complete+0x98/0x1f0\n[..]\nCall Trace:\n kobject_put+0x1be/0x4c0\n cpufreq_online.cold+0xee/0x1fd\n cpufreq_add_dev+0x183/0x1e0\n subsys_interface_register+0x3f5/0x4e0\n cpufreq_register_driver+0x3b7/0x670\n acpi_cpufreq_init+0x56c/0x1000 [acpi_cpufreq]\n do_one_initcall+0x13d/0x780\n do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630\n load_module+0x6e67/0x73b0\n __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240\n do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd","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-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cdd91a9163248935720927531066b74f57aa43b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c51054896bcce1d33d39fead2af73fec24f40b6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb4c98f20dfca1237de2e3dfdbe78d156784fd3","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88540acfc7a17079021d866de914112c396edb1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e379b88a8f8cffc99b318e028705ed9e3da0e1e0"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50473","score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05106,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}