5.5

CVE-2022-50025: cxl: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50025DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50025
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50025 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1

Timeline

  1. 18-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path A bitmap_zalloc() must be balanced by a corresponding bitmap_free() in the error handling path of afu_allocate_irqs().

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.19% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu112 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-197.208 | < 5.4.0-132.148 | < 5.15.0-53.59
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1143.155 | < 5.4.0-1089.97 | < 5.15.0-1023.27
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744, < c2c7a29f99788e9e5dfe41d16868ea33da7cc235 | ≥ 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744, < 6544ff559315498ad6c0a311359ca44987f9ca07 | ≥ 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744, < 89d51dc6878c47b6400922fac21b6a33f9d1a588 | ≥ 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744, < 695af60af755873399ce01cb97176768828bc1fd | ≥ 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744, < 4be138bcd6d68cec0ce47051b117541061f5141a | ≥ 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744, < addff638c41753639368c252d0c5ba0d8fe9ed97 | ≥ 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744, < c2557780ee7818b701681c226fa4cb7c0b171665 | ≥ 80fa93fce37d3490f4bb0da8a5b239a6745bc744, < 3a15b45b5454da862376b5d69a4967f5c6fa1368 | 3.19
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.19, < 4.9.326 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.291 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.256 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.211 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.138 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.63 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.2-1

3 vendors · 115 products

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