CVE-2022-50538 vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init()

🗓️ 07 Oct 2025 15:21:04Reported by LinuxType

Linux kernel fix: fake_init returns error when __root_device_register() fails to prevent vme root unregister on exit.

Reporter	Title	Published	Views	Family All 19
AstraLinux	Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.15, Linux 5.10	19 Jun 202611:10	–	astralinux
BDU FSTEC	The vulnerability of the fake_init() function in the drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c module allows a hacker to trigger a service failure in the Linux operating system’s kernel-based additional devices.	26 Mar 202600:00	–	bdu_fstec
CNNVD	Linux kernel 安全漏洞	7 Oct 202500:00	–	cnnvd
CVE	CVE-2022-50538	7 Oct 202515:21	–	cve
Debian CVE	CVE-2022-50538	7 Oct 202515:21	–	debiancve
EUVD	EUVD-2025-32789	7 Oct 202515:21	–	euvd
NVD	CVE-2022-50538	7 Oct 202516:15	–	nvd
OSV	CVE-2022-50538 vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init()	7 Oct 202515:21	–	osv
OSV	DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50538	7 Oct 202516:15	–	osv
OSV	OESA-2025-2468 kernel security update	17 Oct 202514:55	–	osv

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    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
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      "drivers/staging/vme_user/vme_fake.c"
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Source	Link
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bef797d707f1744f71156b21d41e3b8c946631f
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/09be0e7ac5f9374b6f8de72c89ed67129af71f65
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2a93546d414c7fe4862b87183fb737d1300d9d2
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/e831fdd60e5863ee03173baf5a0f7c5450b44381
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d3de40c1ffb6a5e626bf46ff5ef5766c824e2c
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/69b43937f14bdc3594f57f1a507a14f3d1187136
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bc217b25ea81034fad8e33fd33e4659f086421d
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ff9bd4ffc87bace581e235a6728f5ac8e5071f
git	www.git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3f65c4177846c483bf009f8c512ab04b3c62466

11 May 2026 19:21Current

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