5.5

CVE-2022-50160: mtd: maps: Fix refcount leak in ap_flash_init

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50160DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50160
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50160 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 6 · Related 6
SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1

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: mtd: maps: Fix refcount leak in ap_flash_init of_find_matching_node() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. 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

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

Ubuntu110 products
  • linux< 4.15.0-197.208 | < 5.4.0-132.148 | < 5.15.0-53.59
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 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≥ b0afd44bc192ff4c0e90a5fc1724350bcfc32b33, < 995fb2874bb5696357846a91e59181c600e6aac8 | ≥ b0afd44bc192ff4c0e90a5fc1724350bcfc32b33, < d10855876a6f47add6ff621cef25cc0171dac162 | ≥ b0afd44bc192ff4c0e90a5fc1724350bcfc32b33, < 80b1465b2ae81ebb59bbe62bcb7a7f7d4e9ece6f | ≥ b0afd44bc192ff4c0e90a5fc1724350bcfc32b33, < 941ef6997f9db704fe4fd62fc01e420fdd5048b2 | ≥ b0afd44bc192ff4c0e90a5fc1724350bcfc32b33, < d5730780e9ea84e5476752a47c749036c6a74af5 | ≥ b0afd44bc192ff4c0e90a5fc1724350bcfc32b33, < a74322d4b897ddc268b340c4a397f6066c2f945d | ≥ b0afd44bc192ff4c0e90a5fc1724350bcfc32b33, < babd7b0124650ab71a6487e38588b8659b3aa2dc | ≥ b0afd44bc192ff4c0e90a5fc1724350bcfc32b33, < 77087a04c8fd554134bddcb8a9ff87b21f357926 | 4.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.7, < 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 · 113 products

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