CVE-2022-50715

What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md/raid1: stop mdx_raid1 thread when raid1 array run failed fail run raid1 array when we assemble array with the inactive disk only, but the mdx_raid1 thread were not stop, Even if the associated resources have been released. it will caused a NULL dereference when we do poweroff. This causes the following Oops: [ 287.587787] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000070 [ 287.594762] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 287.599912] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 287.605061] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 287.607612] Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 287.611287] CPU: 3 PID: 5265 Comm: md0_raid1 Tainted: G U 5.10.146 #0 [ 287.619029] Hardware name: xxxxxxx/To be filled by O.E.M, BIOS 5.19 06/16/2022 [ 287.626775] RIP: 0010:md_check_recovery+0x57/0x500 [md_mod] [ 287.632357] Code: fe 01 00 00 48 83 bb 10 03 00 00 00 74 08 48 89 ...... [ 287.651118] RSP: 0018:ffffc90000433d78 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 287.656347] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff888105986800 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 287.663491] RDX: ffffc90000433bb0 RSI: 00000000ffffefff RDI: ffff888105986800 [ 287.670634] RBP: ffffc90000433da0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: c0000000ffffefff [ 287.677771] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffc90000433ba8 R12: ffff888105986800 [ 287.684907] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: fffffffffffffe00 R15: ffff888100b6b500 [ 287.692052] FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff888277f80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 287.700149] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 287.705897] CR2: 0000000000000070 CR3: 000000000320a000 CR4: 0000000000350ee0 [ 287.713033] Call Trace: [ 287.715498] raid1d+0x6c/0xbbb [raid1] [ 287.719256] ? __schedule+0x1ff/0x760 [ 287.722930] ? schedule+0x3b/0xb0 [ 287.726260] ? schedule_timeout+0x1ed/0x290 [ 287.730456] ? __switch_to+0x11f/0x400 [ 287.734219] md_thread+0xe9/0x140 [md_mod] [ 287.738328] ? md_thread+0xe9/0x140 [md_mod] [ 287.742601] ? wait_woken+0x80/0x80 [ 287.746097] ? md_register_thread+0xe0/0xe0 [md_mod] [ 287.751064] kthread+0x11a/0x140 [ 287.754300] ? kthread_park+0x90/0x90 [ 287.757974] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 In fact, when raid1 array run fail, we need to do md_unregister_thread() before raid1_free().

At a glance

Exploit odds

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).

Fix

No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.

Timeline

1. 2025-12-24 13:15 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2. 2026-11-10 12:10 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

• Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
• Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
• Severity: not scored yet.
• Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.

Details

Published

2025-12-24 13:15 UTC

Last modified

2026-11-10 12:10 UTC

Exploit probability

0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days

Record status

Deferred

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