What is CVE-2022-50158?

CVE-2022-50158 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.4.132 onward and patched in 5.4.211, 5.10.137, 5.15.61 and others. CVE-2022-50158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50158?

CVE-2022-50158 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-2022-50158?

Yes, CVE-2022-50158 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.211, 5.10.137, 5.15.61 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4.132 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50158 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50158

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mtd: partitions: Fix refcount leak in parse_redboot_of of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

Last modified 2025-11-25

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 5.4.132, 5.10.50, 5.12.17, 5.13.2, 5.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.211, 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18, 5.19.2, 6.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.4.132 ≥ 5.10.50 ≥ 5.12.17 ≥ 5.13.2 ≥ 5.14

Fixed in

✓ 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-2022-50158 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/55d0f7da66dec93c4d53d0886a1555618079a900
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ec48ac18d8f9e002ce9bfbad32741086739e499
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ea607579d300b2f7fc997f3dd20949114565fcd
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50158

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2025-11-25

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50158?

CVE-2022-50158 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.4.132 onward and has been patched in 5.4.211, 5.10.137, 5.15.61 and others. CVE-2022-50158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50158?

CVE-2022-50158 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-2022-50158?

Yes — CVE-2022-50158 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.211, 5.10.137, 5.15.61 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4.132 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50158 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50158 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.