Answer in brief
CVE-2022-50473 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee <3cdd91a9163248935720927531066b74f57aa43b || >=4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee <e379b88a8f8cffc99b318e028705ed9e3da0e1e0 || >=4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee <8fb4c98f20dfca1237de2e3dfdbe78d156784fd3 || >=4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee <d88540acfc7a17079021d866de914112c396edb1 || >=4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee <e7c0c943ed675b66d4bbb16c51c6a3bb58da047e || >=4ebe36c94aed95de71a8ce6a6762226d31c938ee <5c51054896bcce1d33d39fead2af73fec24f40b6 || e977b1477a6725868302957e6b5c330220391797 || >=5.1.6 <5.2 | 3cdd91a9163248935720927531066b74f57aa43b, e379b88a8f8cffc99b318e028705ed9e3da0e1e0, 8fb4c98f20dfca1237de2e3dfdbe78d156784fd3, d88540acfc7a17079021d866de914112c396edb1, e7c0c943ed675b66d4bbb16c51c6a3bb58da047e, 5c51054896bcce1d33d39fead2af73fec24f40b6, 5.2 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.2 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 4, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add() In cpufreq_policy_alloc(), it will call uninitialed completion in cpufreq_sysfs_release() when kobject_init_and_add() fails. And that will cause a crash such as the following page fault in complete: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8 [..] RIP: 0010:complete+0x98/0x1f0 [..] Call Trace: kobject_put+0x1be/0x4c0 cpufreq_online.cold+0xee/0x1fd cpufreq_add_dev+0x183/0x1e0 subsys_interface_register+0x3f5/0x4e0 cpufreq_register_driver+0x3b7/0x670 acpi_cpufreq_init+0x56c/0x1000 [acpi_cpufreq] do_one_initcall+0x13d/0x780 do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630 load_module+0x6e67/0x73b0 __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
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