What is CVE-2022-50444?

CVE-2022-50444 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.9 onward and patched in 4.9.331, 4.14.296, 4.19.262 and others. CVE-2022-50444 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50444?

CVE-2022-50444 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-2022-50444?

Yes, CVE-2022-50444 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.331, 4.14.296, 4.19.262 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.9 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50444 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50444 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50444

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: tegra20: Fix refcount leak in tegra20_clock_init of_find_matching_node() 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 2025-10-01

Last modified 2026-01-16

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 3.9 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.9.331, 4.14.296, 4.19.262, 5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.9

Fixed in

✓ 4.9.331 4.9.x ✓ 4.14.296 4.14.x ✓ 4.19.262 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.220 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.150 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.75 5.15.x ✓ 5.19.17 5.19.x ✓ 6.0.3 6.0.x ✓ 6.1

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50444 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/0172d14f50098f5736b4b272a1529a3e05419bd6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e343bafe03ff68a62f48f8235cf98f2c685468b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53531d00e2a8a28a3bf56ea58b18ff3611824f37
Patch

9 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50444

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-10-01

Modified 2026-01-16

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50444?

CVE-2022-50444 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.9 onward and has been patched in 4.9.331, 4.14.296, 4.19.262 and others. CVE-2022-50444 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50444?

CVE-2022-50444 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-2022-50444?

Yes — CVE-2022-50444 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.331, 4.14.296, 4.19.262 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.9 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50444 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50444 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.