What is CVE-2022-50860?

CVE-2022-50860 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.13 onward and patched in 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 and others. CVE-2022-50860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50860?

CVE-2022-50860 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50860?

Yes, CVE-2022-50860 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-50860 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-50860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-50860

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: apparmor: Fix memleak in alloc_ns() After changes in commit a1bd627b46d1 ("apparmor: share profile name on replacement"), the hname member of struct aa_policy is not valid slab object, but a subset of that, it can not be freed by kfree_sensitive(), use aa_policy_destroy() to fix it.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-30

Last modified 2026-08-04

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.13 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16, 6.1.2, 6.2 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.13

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.163 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.86 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.16 6.0.x ✓ 6.1.2 6.1.x ✓ 6.2

References

5 total

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-50860

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-12-30

Modified 2026-08-04

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50860?

CVE-2022-50860 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.13 onward and has been patched in 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 and others. CVE-2022-50860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-50860?

CVE-2022-50860 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-50860?

Yes. CVE-2022-50860 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-50860 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-50860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.