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CVE-2022-50462: MIPS: vpe-mt: fix possible memory leak while module exiting

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 170e9913c2ed5cfc37c0adf0fdbd368d2d8d8168, 48d42f4464d713fbdd79f334fdcd6e5be534cc67, 5822e8cc84ee37338ab0bdc3124f6eec04dc232d.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 170e9913c2ed5cfc37c0adf0fdbd368d2d8d8168, 48d42f4464d713fbdd79f334fdcd6e5be534cc67, 5822e8cc84ee37338ab0bdc3124f6eec04dc232d or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: MIPS: vpe-mt: fix possible memory leak while module exiting Afer commit 1fa5ae857bb1 ("driver core: get rid of struct device's bus_id string array"), the name of device is allocated dynamically, it need be freed when module exiting, call put_device() to give up reference, so that it can be freed in kobject_cleanup() when the refcount hit to 0. The vpe_device is static, so remove kfree() from vpe_device_release().

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Oct 1, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 5th percentile

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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel2.6.30 and later · before 4.9.337
  • linux linux kernel4.10 and later · before 4.14.303
  • linux linux kernel4.15 and later · before 4.19.270
  • linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.229
  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.163
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.86
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 6.0.16
  • linux linux kernel6.1 and later · before 6.1.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 2.6.30affected
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 170e9913c2ed5cfc37c0adf0fdbd368d2d8d8168affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 9d180e0bb21c57bd6cca2adeb672d3b522e910b5affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 851ae5640875f06494e40002cd503b11a634c6fbaffected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before b3325a443525e3b89151879b834519b21c5e3011affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 48d42f4464d713fbdd79f334fdcd6e5be534cc67affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before e820a8192ff68570100347855b567512aec43819affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before b191dde84e40624d5577f64db0ec922c5c0ec57caffected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before ab3d47c1fd0202821abd473ca87580faafd47847affected · git
    • 1fa5ae857bb14f6046205171d98506d8112dd74e and later · before 5822e8cc84ee37338ab0bdc3124f6eec04dc232daffected · git

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.4-16.1.4-1

Same product

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Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50460Oct 1, 2025 · cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_flock()
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2022-50461Oct 1, 2025 · net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix PM runtime leakage in am65_cpsw_nuss_ndo_slave_open()
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2022-50463Oct 1, 2025 · powerpc/52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path
    22Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux170e9913c2ed5cfc37c0adf0fdbd368d2d8d8168Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux48d42f4464d713fbdd79f334fdcd6e5be534cc67Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5822e8cc84ee37338ab0bdc3124f6eec04dc232dVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux851ae5640875f06494e40002cd503b11a634c6fbVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux9d180e0bb21c57bd6cca2adeb672d3b522e910b5Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxab3d47c1fd0202821abd473ca87580faafd47847Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb191dde84e40624d5577f64db0ec922c5c0ec57cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb3325a443525e3b89151879b834519b21c5e3011Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe820a8192ff68570100347855b567512aec43819Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.1.4-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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