The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - platform/chrome: cros_ec_typec: zero out stale pointers `cros_typec_get_switch_handles` allocates four     pointers when obtaining type-c switch handles. These pointers are all freed if failing to obtain any of     them; therefore, pointers in `port` become stale. The stale pointers eventually cause use-after-free or     double free in later code paths. Zeroing out all pointer fields after freeing to eliminate these stale     pointers. (CVE-2022-50642)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50642

high Nessus Plugin ID 277910

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Version 1.5 Jan 21, 2026, 10:50 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601211050
Version 1.4 Jan 17, 2026, 7:48 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202601170748
Version 1.3 Dec 12, 2025, 12:11 AM Detection (updated detection logic) Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512120011
Version 1.2 Dec 10, 2025, 9:29 AM CVSS metrics ("CVSSv2 score" set to 7.2. "CVSSv2 vector" set to "CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C") CVSSv2 severity (based on CVE-2022-50642, severity increased from "Medium" to "High") Detection (updated detection logic) New Plugin metadata Plugin Feed: 202512100929