What is CVE-2022-50006?

CVE-2022-50006 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.5 onward and patched in 5.10.140, 5.15.64, 5.19.6 and others. CVE-2022-50006 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50006?

CVE-2022-50006 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50006?

Yes, CVE-2022-50006 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.140, 5.15.64, 5.19.6 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50006 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50006 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50006

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSv4.2 fix problems with __nfs42_ssc_open A destination server while doing a COPY shouldn't accept using the passed in filehandle if its not a regular filehandle. If alloc_file_pseudo() has failed, we need to decrement a reference on the newly created inode, otherwise it leaks.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

Last modified 2025-11-14

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.5 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.140, 5.15.64, 5.19.6, 6.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.5

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.140 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.64 5.15.x ✓ 5.19.6 5.19.x ✓ 6.0

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50006 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5626f95356111602ad26fc05445a4d1f818a0992
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e49ea099850feadcbf33c74b4f514a3e8049b91
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2a47f6903e270c308c40ad4a23c17b30a54373c
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50006

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2025-11-14

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50006?

CVE-2022-50006 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.5 onward and has been patched in 5.10.140, 5.15.64, 5.19.6 and others. CVE-2022-50006 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50006?

CVE-2022-50006 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50006?

Yes — CVE-2022-50006 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.140, 5.15.64, 5.19.6 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.5 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50006 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50006 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.