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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2022-50756 json

nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size

published 2025-12-24 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-15 24 d ago also EUVD-2022-55805

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size

Convert the max size to bytes to match the units of the divisor that calculates the worst-case number of PRP entries.

The result is used to determine how many PRP Lists are required. The code was previously rounding this to 1 list, but we can require 2 in the worst case. In that scenario, the driver would corrupt memory beyond the size provided by the mempool.

While unlikely to occur (you'd need a 4MB in exactly 127 phys segments on a queue that doesn't support SGLs), this memory corruption has been observed by kfence.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.10.163, 5.15.87, 6.0.17, 6.1.3, 6.2
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50756

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1031.38
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.35
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1027.30
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.35
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1035.42
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1017.22

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50756

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  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:75747RHSA-2026:75746RHSA-2023:6583

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:1088-1SUSE-SU-2026:1044-1SUSE-SU-2026:0970-1SUSE-SU-2026:0967-1SUSE-SU-2026:0964-1SUSE-SU-2026:0958-1

  • kernel-rt AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-core AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
  • kernel AlmaLinux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:75746ALSA-2026:75747

  • kernel-rt Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10
  • kernel Rocky Linux 8 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:75746RLSA-2026:75747

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-50756 updated cvss 5.9

kernel: nvme-pci: fix mempool alloc size

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-trace, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-trace-kvm Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, kernel 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, bpftool 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, kernel-core 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, kernel-tools 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, python3-perf 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, +15 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-553.171.1.el8_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:75747
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-kvm 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-core 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-core 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-debug-modules 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, kernel-rt-modules-extra 4.18.0-553.171.1.rt7.512.el8_10, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:75746
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-tools, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
24 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Technology feeds

References

Sources

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