CVE-2022-50840 | scsi: snic: Fix possible UAF in snic_tgt_create()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: snic: Fix possible UAF in snic_tgt_create() Smatch reports a warning as follows: drivers/scsi/snic/snic_disc.c:307 snic_tgt_create() warn: '&tgt->list' not removed from list If device_add() fails in snic_tgt_create(), tgt will be freed, but tgt->list will not be removed from snic->disc.tgt_list, then list traversal may cause UAF. Remove from snic->disc.tgt_list before free().

Published: 2025-12-30 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-50840 is rated Low Risk (14.9/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.24%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50840

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.24% +0.18%
2 2026-06-09 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2026-05-29 0.04%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50840

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50840

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50840

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-50840 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50840
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50840
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50840/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-50840 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 175, released 145, not-affected 70, needed 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50840

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50840

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References for CVE-2022-50840

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