What is CVE-2022-50130?

CVE-2022-50130 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.18.3 onward and patched in 5.18.18, 5.19.2 and 6.0. CVE-2022-50130 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50130?

CVE-2022-50130 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-2022-50130?

Yes, CVE-2022-50130 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.18.18, 5.19.2 and 6.0. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50130 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50130 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50130

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: fbtft: core: set smem_len before fb_deferred_io_init call The fbtft_framebuffer_alloc() calls fb_deferred_io_init() before initializing info->fix.smem_len. It is set to zero by the framebuffer_alloc() function. It will trigger a WARN_ON() at the start of fb_deferred_io_init() and the function will not do anything.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

Last modified 2025-11-18

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 5.18.3, 5.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.18.18, 5.19.2, 6.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.18.3 ≥ 5.19

Fixed in

✓ 5.18.18 5.18.x ✓ 5.19.2 5.19.x ✓ 6.0

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50130 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/4178bfa3fc9de556dfe248a6eabe29280f0ffda5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5185c319e8ea67657e0d3edd520a7276516c506a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ae6abe240306f878557d6eadd950a2e2561f59f
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50130

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2025-11-18

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50130?

CVE-2022-50130 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.18.3 onward and has been patched in 5.18.18, 5.19.2 and 6.0. CVE-2022-50130 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50130?

CVE-2022-50130 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-2022-50130?

Yes — CVE-2022-50130 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.18.18, 5.19.2 and 6.0. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50130 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50130 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.