linux — security advisory

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  "id": "a40017d5c58436f18ca1a021f7581462a0ec105d3ecb3f5be2e86a548e89c080",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50538",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50538",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init() In fake_init(), __root_device_register() is possible to fail but it's ignored, which can cause unregistering vme_root fail when exit. general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000008c KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000460-0x0000000000000467] RIP: 0010:root_device_unregister+0x26/0x60 Call Trace: __x64_sys_delete_module+0x34f/0x540 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Return error when __root_device_register() fails.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50538",
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          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
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            "value": "6.1.4-1",
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    "severity": "medium",
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:03:15.353655821Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2022-50538"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50538"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 325890,
  "published_at": "2025-10-07T16:15:38.067+00:00"
}