{"id":"CVE-2022-50016","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: SOF: Intel: cnl: Do not process IPC reply before firmware boot\n\nIt is not yet clear, but it is possible to create a firmware so broken\nthat it will send a reply m…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: SOF: Intel: cnl: Do not process IPC reply before firmware boot\n\nIt is not yet clear, but it is possible to create a firmware so broken\nthat it will send a reply m…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-476"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 5.2, < 5.19.4"],"patched":["linux_kernel 5.19.4"],"published":"2025-06-18","updated":"2026-08-15","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50016","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/230f646085d17a008b609eb8fe8befb8811868f0","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acacd9eefd0def5a83244d88e5483b5f38ee7287","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.0021,"epssPercentile":0.11426,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-15T13:26:44.999Z","slug":"CVE-2022-50016","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nASoC: SOF: Intel: cnl: Do not process IPC reply before firmware boot\n\nIt is not yet clear, but it is possible to create a firmware so broken\nthat it will send a reply message before a FW_READY message (it is not\nyet clear if FW_READY will arrive later).\nSince the reply_data is allocated only after the FW_READY message, this\nwill lead to a NULL pointer dereference if not filtered out.\n\nThe issue was reported with IPC4 firmware but the same condition is present\nfor IPC3.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.2, < 5.19.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 5.19.4`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}