What is CVE-2022-50464?

CVE-2022-50464 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.12 onward and patched in 6.0.16, 6.1.2 and 6.2. CVE-2022-50464 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50464?

CVE-2022-50464 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-2022-50464?

Yes, CVE-2022-50464 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.16, 6.1.2 and 6.2. If you are running Linux kernel 5.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50464 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50464 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50464

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mt76: mt7915: Fix PCI device refcount leak in mt7915_pci_init_hif2() As comment of pci_get_device() says, it returns a pci_device with its refcount increased. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount. Save the return value of pci_get_device() and call pci_dev_put() to decrease the refcount.

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 5.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.0.16, 6.1.2, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.12

Fixed in

✓ 6.0.16 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.2 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50464 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/2d4b9c7e81f3a4df27749ebecb426b145e68be2a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5938196cc188ba4323bc6357f5ac55127d715888
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8abc6579667129afd13ff2ccb0319ba3f46e6995
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50464

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-2022-50464?

CVE-2022-50464 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.12 onward and has been patched in 6.0.16, 6.1.2 and 6.2. CVE-2022-50464 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50464?

CVE-2022-50464 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-2022-50464?

Yes — CVE-2022-50464 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.16, 6.1.2 and 6.2. If you are running Linux kernel 5.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50464 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50464 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.