{"cve":"CVE-2022-50494","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-04T16:15:46.420","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:39.943","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nthermal: intel_powerclamp: Use get_cpu() instead of smp_processor_id() to avoid crash\n\nWhen CPU 0 is offline and intel_powerclamp is used to inject\nidle, it generates kernel BUG:\n\nBUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: bash/15687\ncaller is debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20\nCPU: 4 PID: 15687 Comm: bash Not tainted 5.19.0-rc7+ #57\nCall Trace:\n<TASK>\ndump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x63\ndump_stack+0x10/0x16\ncheck_preemption_disabled+0xdd/0xe0\ndebug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20\npowerclamp_set_cur_state+0x7f/0xf9 [intel_powerclamp]\n...\n...\n\nHere CPU 0 is the control CPU by default and changed to the current CPU,\nif CPU 0 offlined. This check has to be performed under cpus_read_lock(),\nhence the above warning.\n\nUse get_cpu() instead of smp_processor_id() to avoid this BUG.\n\n[ rjw: Subject edits ]","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":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f91f66c568b316b19cb042cf50584467b3bdff4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e799e815097febbcb81b472285be824f5d089f9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/418fae0700e85a498062424f8656435c32cdb200","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/513943bf879d45005213e6f5cfb7d9e9943f589f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5614908434451aafbf9b24cb5247cf1d21269f76"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50494","score":0.00163,"percentile":0.05518,"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."]}