What is CVE-2022-50169?

CVE-2022-50169 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.17 onward and patched in 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211 and others. CVE-2022-50169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50169?

CVE-2022-50169 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50169?

Yes, CVE-2022-50169 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.17 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50169 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50169

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wil6210: debugfs: fix info leak in wil_write_file_wmi() The simple_write_to_buffer() function will succeed if even a single byte is initialized. However, we need to initialize the whole buffer to prevent information leaks. Just use memdup_user().

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

Last modified 2026-01-23

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.1

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-909

CVE-2022-50169 is classified as CWE-909

See CWE-909 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.17 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

≥ 3.17

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-2022-50169 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/05ceda14ef7c73104e709c414c3680d8a59f51d4
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/074e865b37da55aa87baa16d68b96896f85f8adb
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4615458db7793fadc6d546ac3564b36819e77a22
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50169

Severity High

CVSS score 7.1 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2026-01-23

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50169?

CVE-2022-50169 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.17 onward and has been patched in 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211 and others. CVE-2022-50169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50169?

CVE-2022-50169 has a CVSS score of 7.1 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50169?

Yes — CVE-2022-50169 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.17 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50169 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.