{"cve":"CVE-2022-50749","nvd":{"published":"2025-12-24T13:16:01.613","modified":"2026-06-17T05:24:06.740","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nacct: fix potential integer overflow in encode_comp_t()\n\nThe integer overflow is descripted with following codes:\n  > 317 static comp_t encode_comp_t(u64 value)\n  > 318 {\n  > 319         int exp, rnd;\n    ......\n  > 341         exp <<= MANTSIZE;\n  > 342         exp += value;\n  > 343         return exp;\n  > 344 }\n\nCurrently comp_t is defined as type of '__u16', but the variable 'exp' is\ntype of 'int', so overflow would happen when variable 'exp' in line 343 is\ngreater than 65535.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aac6e60c464a5f942f995428e67f8ae1c422250","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1750a0983c455a9b3badd848471fc8d58cb61f67","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2224897d8187dc22a83e05d9361efcccf67bcf12","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6edd0cdee5780fd5f43356b72b29a2a6d48ef6da","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a815a3e019456c94b03bd183e7ac22fd29e9e6fd"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:07.138532058+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50749","score":0.00284,"percentile":0.20956,"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."]}