What is CVE-2022-50105?

CVE-2022-50105 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.20 onward and patched in 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211 and others. CVE-2022-50105 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50105?

CVE-2022-50105 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-2022-50105?

Yes, CVE-2022-50105 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.20 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50105 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50105 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50105

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/spufs: Fix refcount leak in spufs_init_isolated_loader of_find_node_by_path() returns remote device nodepointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

Last modified 2025-11-19

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 2.6.20 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211, 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2, 6.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.20

Fixed in

✓ 4.14.291 4.14.x ✓ 4.19.256 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.211 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.137 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.61 5.15.x ✓ 5.18.18 5.18.x ✓ 5.19.2 5.19.x ✓ 6.0

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50105 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/0aa5de2547b7ccf0a31bc740d12f829fae243112
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14329d29a048dc35aac2374fb3d588d8190095a2
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4288eb035ba4ddb53245e9365c919bb51ac00c2c
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50105

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2025-11-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50105?

CVE-2022-50105 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.20 onward and has been patched in 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211 and others. CVE-2022-50105 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50105?

CVE-2022-50105 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-2022-50105?

Yes — CVE-2022-50105 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.20 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50105 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50105 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.