7.5

CVE-2022-50059: ceph: don't leak snap_rwsem in handle_cap_grant

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50059DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50059
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50059 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.44%
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 6 · Related 6

Timeline

  1. 18-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: don't leak snap_rwsem in handle_cap_grant When handle_cap_grant is called on an IMPORT op, then the snap_rwsem is held and the function is expected to release it before returning. It currently fails to do that in all cases which could lead to a deadlock.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.44%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.43% 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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu94 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-53.59
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1023.27
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6f05b30ea063a2a05dda47a4105a69267ae5270f, < aee18421bda6bf12a7cba6a3d7751c0e1cfd0094 | ≥ 6f05b30ea063a2a05dda47a4105a69267ae5270f, < f546faa216d0f53a42ca73ba1fd8c48765b22d77 | ≥ 6f05b30ea063a2a05dda47a4105a69267ae5270f, < a090cc69699ec2d11b5e34cee8c61f0d4b0068cb | ≥ 6f05b30ea063a2a05dda47a4105a69267ae5270f, < 58dd4385577ed7969b80cdc9e2a31575aba6c712 | 5.8
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.8, < 5.10.138 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.63 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.2-1

3 vendors · 97 products

References

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