What is CVE-2022-50539?

CVE-2022-50539 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.18 onward and patched in 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and 6.3. CVE-2022-50539 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50539?

CVE-2022-50539 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-2022-50539?

Yes, CVE-2022-50539 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and 6.3. If you are running Linux kernel 3.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50539 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50539 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50539

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ARM: OMAP2+: omap4-common: Fix refcount leak bug In omap4_sram_init(), of_find_compatible_node() will return a node pointer with refcount incremented. We should use of_node_put() when it is not used anymore.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-10-07

Last modified 2026-02-26

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 3.18 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.16, 6.2.3, 6.3 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.18

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.16 6.1.x ✓ 6.2.3 6.2.x ✓ 6.3

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50539 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/049875b76660bbdc4873a915afb294f954eb7320
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d9452ae3bdb830f9309cf10a2f65977999cb14e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c32919a378782c95c72bc028b5c30dfe8c11f82
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50539

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-10-07

Modified 2026-02-26

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50539?

CVE-2022-50539 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.18 onward and has been patched in 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and 6.3. CVE-2022-50539 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50539?

CVE-2022-50539 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-2022-50539?

Yes — CVE-2022-50539 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.16, 6.2.3 and 6.3. If you are running Linux kernel 3.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50539 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50539 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.