CVE-2022-50873 | vdpa/vp_vdpa: fix kfree a wrong pointer in vp_vdpa_remove

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa/vp_vdpa: fix kfree a wrong pointer in vp_vdpa_remove In vp_vdpa_remove(), the code kfree(&vp_vdpa_mgtdev->mgtdev.id_table) uses a reference of pointer as the argument of kfree, which is the wrong pointer and then may hit crash like this: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00ffff003363e30c Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP Call trace: rb_next+0x20/0x5c ext4_readdir+0x494/0x5c4 [ext4] iterate_dir+0x168/0x1b4 __se_sys_getdents64+0x68/0x170 __arm64_sys_getdents64+0x24/0x30 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1bc do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x94 el0_svc+0x20/0x30 el0_sync_handler+0xb0/0xb4 el0_sync+0x160/0x180 Code: 54000220 f9400441 b4000161 aa0103e0 (f9400821) SMP: stopping secondary CPUs Starting crashdump kernel...

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

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-50873 is rated Low Risk (3.1/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). 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-2022-50873

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 2025-12-31 0.02%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50873

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50873

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50873

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2022-50873 unimportant 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-2022-50873
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50873
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50873/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-50873 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 173, not-affected 139, released 83. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50873

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50873

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References for CVE-2022-50873

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