# CVE-2022-50473: cpufreq: Init completion before kobject\_init\_and\_add()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.2
- Published: 2025-10-04 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.1.6, fixed in 5.2
- Linux: 5.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: Init completion before kobject_init_and_add() In cpufreq_policy_alloc(), it will call uninitialed completion in cpufreq_sysfs_release() when kobject_init_and_add() fails. And that will cause a crash such as the following page fault in complete: BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8 [..] RIP: 0010:complete+0x98/0x1f0 [..] Call Trace: kobject_put+0x1be/0x4c0 cpufreq_online.cold+0xee/0x1fd cpufreq_add_dev+0x183/0x1e0 subsys_interface_register+0x3f5/0x4e0 cpufreq_register_driver+0x3b7/0x670 acpi_cpufreq_init+0x56c/0x1000 [acpi_cpufreq] do_one_initcall+0x13d/0x780 do_init_module+0x1c3/0x630 load_module+0x6e67/0x73b0 __do_sys_finit_module+0x181/0x240 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cdd91a9163248935720927531066b74f57aa43b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e379b88a8f8cffc99b318e028705ed9e3da0e1e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb4c98f20dfca1237de2e3dfdbe78d156784fd3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d88540acfc7a17079021d866de914112c396edb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7c0c943ed675b66d4bbb16c51c6a3bb58da047e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c51054896bcce1d33d39fead2af73fec24f40b6

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