What is CVE-2022-50032?

CVE-2022-50032 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.16 onward and patched in 4.19.256, 5.4.211, 5.10.138 and others. CVE-2022-50032 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50032?

CVE-2022-50032 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-2022-50032?

Yes, CVE-2022-50032 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.256, 5.4.211, 5.10.138 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50032 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50032 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50032

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: renesas: Fix refcount leak bug In usbhs_rza1_hardware_init(), of_find_node_by_name() will return a node pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when it is not used anymore.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

Last modified 2025-11-13

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 4.16 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.256, 5.4.211, 5.10.138, 5.15.63, 5.19.4, 6.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.16

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.256 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.211 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.138 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.63 5.15.x ✓ 5.19.4 5.19.x ✓ 6.0

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50032 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/36b18b777dece704b7c2e9e7947ca41a9b0fb009
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c4b699193eba51f1bbf462d758d66f545fddd35
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9790a5a4f07f38a5add85ec58c44797d3a7c3677
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50032

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2025-11-13

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50032?

CVE-2022-50032 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.16 onward and has been patched in 4.19.256, 5.4.211, 5.10.138 and others. CVE-2022-50032 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50032?

CVE-2022-50032 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-2022-50032?

Yes — CVE-2022-50032 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.256, 5.4.211, 5.10.138 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50032 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50032 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.