What is CVE-2022-50474?

CVE-2022-50474 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). CVE-2022-50474 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50474?

CVE-2022-50474 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-2022-50474?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-50474. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-50474 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50474 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-2022-50474

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: macintosh: fix possible memory leak in macio_add_one_device() Afer commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically. It needs to be freed when of_device_register() fails. Call put_device() to give up the reference that's taken in device_initialize(), so that it can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hits 0. macio device is freed in macio_release_dev(), so the kfree() can be removed.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-10-04

Last modified 2026-01-23

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

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-2022-50474 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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50474 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/19ded60b40e86b0903c8d5bd0161437ed5107a8b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ac0a7059b7bcbed35bfffa34a82c9a9e99638ef
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35858b87a943917fa30172aa4bf01ce7adbcb42c
Patch

9 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50474

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-10-04

Modified 2026-01-23

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50474?

CVE-2022-50474 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) . CVE-2022-50474 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50474?

CVE-2022-50474 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-2022-50474?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-50474. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-50474 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50474 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 →