5.5

CVE-2022-50162: wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50162DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50162
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50162 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 7 · Related 7
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: wifi: libertas: Fix possible refcount leak in if_usb_probe() usb_get_dev will be called before lbs_get_firmware_async which means that usb_put_dev need to be called when lbs_get_firmware_async fails.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

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≥ ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, < 61b2ec97487399c58ae2e34f250f4884e671799b | ≥ ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, < 4c8e2f9ce1428e44cb103035eeced7aeb6b80980 | ≥ ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, < 878e7f39803a9ab5bb9766956a7a04351d4bf99d | ≥ ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, < 97e5d3e46a3a2100253a9717a4df98d68aeb10b8 | ≥ ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, < d7365590d15bbd9008f424ef043d1778ffe29f42 | ≥ ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, < 00d0c4e59c0f8ad1f86874bb64b220394e687028 | ≥ ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, < 5b92f406a5199b6b01dc664b9226d824ae2835f0 | ≥ ce84bb69f50e6f6cfeabc9b965365290f4184417, < 6fd57e1d120bf13d4dc6c200a7cf914e6347a316 | 3.5
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.5, < 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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