What is CVE-2022-50254?

CVE-2022-50254 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.17 onward and patched in 6.0.7 and 6.1. CVE-2022-50254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50254?

CVE-2022-50254 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-2022-50254?

Yes, CVE-2022-50254 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.7 and 6.1. If you are running Linux kernel 5.17 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50254 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50254

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ov8865: Fix an error handling path in ov8865_probe() The commit in Fixes also introduced some new error handling which should goto the existing error handling path. Otherwise some resources leak.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-09-15

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 5.17 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.0.7, 6.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.17

Fixed in

✓ 6.0.7 6.0.x ✓ 6.1

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50254 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/080e0b7404850406628674b07286f16cc389a892
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f55a2273a7b41895ea6272e51ccb1d797cfd39b
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50254

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-09-15

Modified 2025-11-25

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50254?

CVE-2022-50254 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.17 onward and has been patched in 6.0.7 and 6.1. CVE-2022-50254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50254?

CVE-2022-50254 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-2022-50254?

Yes — CVE-2022-50254 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.7 and 6.1. If you are running Linux kernel 5.17 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50254 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.