5.5

CVE-2022-50153: usb: host: Fix refcount leak in ehci_hcd_ppc_of_probe

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50153DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50153
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50153 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 9 · Related 7
RHSA-2023:2458RHSA-2024:3138SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1

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: usb: host: Fix refcount leak in ehci_hcd_ppc_of_probe of_find_compatible_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when done. Add missing of_node_put() to avoid refcount leak.

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

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

Ubuntu111 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≥ 796bcae7361c28cf825780f6f1aac9dd3411394e, < b9c4a480cb0ada07154debf681454cbb55e30b59 | ≥ 796bcae7361c28cf825780f6f1aac9dd3411394e, < 038453b17fe30ea38f0f3c916e2ae2b7f8cef84e | ≥ 796bcae7361c28cf825780f6f1aac9dd3411394e, < 8cbc3870ff356366842af3228dd8e7bc278e5edd | ≥ 796bcae7361c28cf825780f6f1aac9dd3411394e, < 585d22a5624ef2b540c337665c72fea8cd33db50 | ≥ 796bcae7361c28cf825780f6f1aac9dd3411394e, < c0a4b454486b23bb4d94ce49f490830ecc354040 | ≥ 796bcae7361c28cf825780f6f1aac9dd3411394e, < 8e51a512c1079109bec4c80915e647692d583e79 | ≥ 796bcae7361c28cf825780f6f1aac9dd3411394e, < 3a50c917c67dd0bc39c14de4a8b75a1d50fdce66 | ≥ 796bcae7361c28cf825780f6f1aac9dd3411394e, < b5c5b13cb45e2c88181308186b0001992cb41954 | 2.6.29
  • linux_kernel≥ 2.6.29, < 4.14.291 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.256 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.211 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.137 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.61 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.18.18 | ≥ 5.19, < 5.19.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.2-1

3 vendors · 114 products

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