What is CVE-2022-50358?

CVE-2022-50358 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.2 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.17 onward and patched in 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86 and others. CVE-2022-50358 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50358?

CVE-2022-50358 has a CVSS score of 4.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50358?

Yes, CVE-2022-50358 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86 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-2022-50358 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50358 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50358

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: brcmfmac: return error when getting invalid max_flowrings from dongle When firmware hit trap at initialization, host will read abnormal max_flowrings number from dongle, and it will cause kernel panic when doing iowrite to initialize dongle ring. To detect this error at early stage, we directly return error when getting invalid max_flowrings(>256).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-09-17

Last modified 2026-01-14

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

4.2

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Physical

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.17 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.17

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.229 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.163 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.86 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.16 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.2 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50358 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/10c4b63d09a5b0ebf1b61af1dae7f25555cf58b6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/200347eb3b2608cc8b54c13dd1d5e03809ba2eb2
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2aca4f3734bd717e04943ddf340d49ab62299a00
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50358

Severity Medium

CVSS score 4.2 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-09-17

Modified 2026-01-14

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50358?

CVE-2022-50358 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.2 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.17 onward and has been patched in 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86 and others. CVE-2022-50358 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50358?

CVE-2022-50358 has a CVSS score of 4.2 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50358?

Yes — CVE-2022-50358 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86 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-2022-50358 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50358 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.