What is CVE-2022-50772?

CVE-2022-50772 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.2 onward and patched in 6.0.7 and 6.1. CVE-2022-50772 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50772?

CVE-2022-50772 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50772?

Yes, CVE-2022-50772 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.7 and 6.1. If you are running Linux kernel 5.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50772 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50772 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50772

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netdevsim: fix memory leak in nsim_bus_dev_new() If device_register() failed in nsim_bus_dev_new(), the value of reference in nsim_bus_dev->dev is 1. obj->name in nsim_bus_dev->dev will not be released. unreferenced object 0xffff88810352c480 (size 16): comm "echo", pid 5691, jiffies 4294945921 (age 133.270s) hex dump (first 16 bytes): 6e 65 74 64 65 76 73 69 6d 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 netdevsim1...... backtrace: [<000000005e2e5e26>] __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x3a/0xb0 [<0000000094ca4fc8>] kvasprintf+0xc3/0x160 [<00000000aad09bcc>] kvasprintf_const+0x55/0x180 [<000000009bac868d>] kobject_set_name_vargs+0x56/0x150 [<000000007c1a5d70>] dev_set_name+0xbb/0xf0 [<00000000ad0d126b>] device_add+0x1f8/0x1cb0 [<00000000c222ae24>] new_device_store+0x3b6/0x5e0 [<0000000043593421>] bus_attr_store+0x72/0xa0 [<00000000cbb1833a>] sysfs_kf_write+0x106/0x160 [<00000000d0dedb8a>] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x3a8/0x5a0 [<00000000770b66e2>] vfs_write+0x8f0/0xc80 [<0000000078bb39be>] ksys_write+0x106/0x210 [<00000000005e55a4>] do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 [<00000000eaa40bbc>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-24

Last modified 2026-04-15

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.2 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.0.7, 6.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.2

Fixed in

✓ 6.0.7 6.0.x ✓ 6.1

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-50772 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/77579e4065295071fbd9662f03430dca5b50b086
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf2010aa1c739bab067cbc90b690d28eaa0b47da
Patch

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50772?

CVE-2022-50772 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.2 onward and has been patched in 6.0.7 and 6.1. CVE-2022-50772 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50772?

Yes — CVE-2022-50772 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.0.7 and 6.1. If you are running Linux kernel 5.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50772 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-50772 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.