{"id":"CVE-2022-50402","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-50402","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:53:05.606Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers/md/md-bitmap: check the return value of md_bitmap_get_counter() Check the return value of md_bitmap_get_counter() in case it returns NULL pointer, which will result in a null…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrivers/md/md-bitmap: check the return value of md_bitmap_get_counter()\n\nCheck the return value of md_bitmap_get_counter() in case it returns\nNULL pointer, which will result in a null pointer dereference.\n\nv2: update the check to include other dereference","published":"2025-09-18T16:15:43.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:23:28.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05088,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/100caacfa0ed26e061954c90cdc835d42f709536","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21e9aac9a74d30907d44bae0d24c036cb3819406","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bd548e5b819b8c0f2c9085de775c5c7bff9052f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d8d046f3dba939e74e2414f009df426700430ed","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99bef41f8e8d1d52b5cb34f2f193f1346192752b","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b621d17fe8b079574c773800148fb86907f3445d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff3b7e12bc9f50de05c9d82b5b79e23e5be888f1","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50402","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}