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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2022-50569" idYear: 2022 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-10-22T13:23:25.810Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T08:59:09.466Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50569" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-50569.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50569" title: "xfrm: Update ipcomp_scratches with NULL when freed" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nxfrm: Update ipcomp_scratches with NULL when freed\n\nCurrently if ipcomp_alloc_scratches() fails to allocate memory\nipcomp_scratches holds obsolete address. So when we try to free the\npercpu scratches using ipcomp_free_scratches() it tries to vfree non\nexistent vm area. Described below:\n\nstatic void * __percpu *ipcomp_alloc_scratches(void)\n{\n ...\n scratches = alloc_percpu(void *);\n if (!scratches)\n return NULL;\nipcomp_scratches does not know about this allocation failure.\nTherefore holding the old obsolete address.\n ...\n}\n\nSo when we free,\n\nstatic void ipcomp_free_scratches(void)\n{\n ...\n scratches = ipcomp_scratches;\nAssigning obsolete address from ipcomp_scratches\n\n if (!scratches)\n return;\n\n for_each_possible_cpu(i)\n vfree(*per_cpu_ptr(scratches, i));\nTrying to free non existent page, causing warning: trying to vfree\nexistent vm area.\n ...\n}\n\nFix this breakage by updating ipcomp_scrtches with NULL when scratches\nis freed" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"debca61df6bc2f65e020656c9c5b878d6b38d30f"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a39f456d62810c0efb43cead22f98d95b53e4b1a"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1e8abde895b3ac6a368cbdb372e8800c49e73a28"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"18373ed500f7cd53e24d9b0bd0f1c09d78dba87e"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"be81c44242b20fc3bdcc73480ef8aaee56f5d0b6"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"03155680191ef0f004b1d6a5714c5b8cd271ab61"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f3bdba4440d82e0da2b1bfc35d3836c8a8e00677"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2c19945ce8095d065df550e7fe350cd5cc40c6e6"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8a04d2fc700f717104bfb95b0f6694e448a4537f"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"4.9.331","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.9.*"},{"version":"4.14.296","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.14.*"},{"version":"4.19.262","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"4.19.*"},{"version":"5.4.220","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.150","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.75","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"5.19.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.19.*"},{"version":"6.0.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.0.*"},{"version":"6.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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