# CVE-2022-50447: Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix crash on hci_create_cis_sync

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem allows local attackers to cause a system crash by connecting multiple ISO sockets.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50447, GHSA-x767-vgjw-4wwh, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50447

## What is CVE-2022-50447?

CVE-2022-50447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

Bluetooth: hci_conn: Fix crash on hci_create_cis_sync

When attempting to connect multiple ISO sockets without using
DEFER_SETUP may result in the following crash:

BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in hci_create_cis_sync+0x18b/0x2b0
Read of size 2 at addr 0000000000000036 by task kworker/u3:1/50

CPU: 0 PID: 50 Comm: kworker/u3:1 Not tainted
6.0.0-rc7-02243-gb84a13ff4eda #4373
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009),
BIOS 1.16.0-1.fc36 04/01/2014
Workqueue: hci0 hci_cmd_sync_work
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x19/0x27
 kasan_report+0xbc/0xf0
 ? hci_create_cis_sync+0x18b/0x2b0
 hci_create_cis_sync+0x18b/0x2b0
 ? get_link_mode+0xd0/0xd0
 ? __ww_mutex_lock_slowpath+0x10/0x10
 ? mutex_lock+0xe0/0xe0
 ? get_link_mode+0xd0/0xd0
 hci_cmd_sync_work+0x111/0x190
 process_one_work+0x427/0x650
 worker_thread+0x87/0x750
 ? process_one_work+0x650/0x650
 kthread+0x14e/0x180
 ? kthread_exit+0x50/0x50
 ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
 </TASK>

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50447?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50447?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50447 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50447 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50447 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50447 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50447 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50447/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50447/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50447
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50447
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50447

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50447/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.