{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50642 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2022-50642 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 9 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50642 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-50642 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 9 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50642 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50642/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50642/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-50642","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50642/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-50642","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50642","GHSA-hcmx-x6wc-rr97","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50642","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50642"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel driver","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Chrome OS Type-C driver allows local attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: zero out stale pointers\n\n`cros_typec_get_switch_handles` allocates four pointers when obtaining\ntype-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain\nany of them; therefore, pointers in `port` become stale. The stale\npointers eventually cause use-after-free or double free in later code\npaths. Zeroing out all pointer fields after freeing to eliminate these\nstale pointers.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: zero out stale pointers","id":"CVE-2022-50642","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_copy_file_range()","id":"CVE-2022-50643"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"HSI: omap_ssi: Fix refcount leak in ssi_probe","id":"CVE-2022-50641"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-12-09","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Chrome OS Type-C driver allows local attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50642/"}