{"cve":"CVE-2022-50538","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-07T16:15:38.067","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:44.970","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvme: Fix error not catched in fake_init()\n\nIn fake_init(), __root_device_register() is possible to fail but it's\nignored, which can cause unregistering vme_root fail when exit.\n\n general protection fault,\n probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000008c\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000460-0x0000000000000467]\n RIP: 0010:root_device_unregister+0x26/0x60\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  __x64_sys_delete_module+0x34f/0x540\n  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nReturn error when __root_device_register() fails.","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/09be0e7ac5f9374b6f8de72c89ed67129af71f65","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d3de40c1ffb6a5e626bf46ff5ef5766c824e2c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bc217b25ea81034fad8e33fd33e4659f086421d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ff9bd4ffc87bace581e235a6728f5ac8e5071f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69b43937f14bdc3594f57f1a507a14f3d1187136"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50538","score":0.00163,"percentile":0.05494,"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."]}