CVE-2022-50741 media: imx-jpeg: Disable useless interrupt to avoid kernel panic
A hardware bug in the imx-jpeg driver can trigger unexpected interrupts, leading to a kernel panic and system denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-50741?
CVE-2022-50741 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 24 Dec 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:
media: imx-jpeg: Disable useless interrupt to avoid kernel panic
There is a hardware bug that the interrupt STMBUF_HALF may be triggered after or when disable interrupt. It may led to unexpected kernel panic. And interrupt STMBUF_HALF and STMBUF_RTND have no other effect. So disable them and the unused interrupts.
meanwhile clear the interrupt status when disable interrupt.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50741?
How do I fix CVE-2022-50741?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-50741 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50741 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50741, GHSA-r5vj-594q-443q, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50741.