What is CVE-2022-50263?

CVE-2022-50263 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.19 onward and patched in 6.0.19, 6.1.5 and 6.2. CVE-2022-50263 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50263?

CVE-2022-50263 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-2022-50263?

Yes, CVE-2022-50263 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.19, 6.1.5 and 6.2. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50263 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50263 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2022-50263

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpasim: fix memory leak when freeing IOTLBs After commit bda324fd037a ("vdpasim: control virtqueue support"), vdpasim->iommu became an array of IOTLB, so we should clean the mappings of each free one by one instead of just deleting the ranges in the first IOTLB which may leak maps.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-09-15

Last modified 2025-12-02

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

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2022-50263 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.0.19, 6.1.5, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.19

Fixed in

✓ 6.0.19 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.5 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50263 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/0b7a04a30eef20e6b24926a45c0ce7906ae85bd6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16b22e27fba6fd816d0dcb98f42cc71f0836c27e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b210c90d2803a9f1c8fd2f0d08e90172e9a06d
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50263

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-09-15

Modified 2025-12-02

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50263?

CVE-2022-50263 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.19 onward and has been patched in 6.0.19, 6.1.5 and 6.2. CVE-2022-50263 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50263?

CVE-2022-50263 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-2022-50263?

Yes — CVE-2022-50263 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.19, 6.1.5 and 6.2. If you are running Linux kernel 5.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50263 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50263 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. View CWE-401 on MITRE CWE →