5.5

CVE-2022-50191: regulator: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_regulation_constraints()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50191DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50191
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50191 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.9% 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
0.25%
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 8 · Related 7
RHSA-2023:6583SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1

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: regulator: of: Fix refcount leak bug in of_get_regulation_constraints() We should call the of_node_put() for the reference returned by of_get_child_by_name() which has increased the refcount.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

17%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.25% 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≥ 40e20d68bb3fb1ce2704c886d597918988d3321d, < a23098cc32860272dc6c3200ff20c34c65b7b694 | ≥ 40e20d68bb3fb1ce2704c886d597918988d3321d, < b9ca8585c766616563cf3c062c6878f61f83cf00 | ≥ 40e20d68bb3fb1ce2704c886d597918988d3321d, < 35f9e861d9b9434903a8ede37a3561f78985826d | ≥ 40e20d68bb3fb1ce2704c886d597918988d3321d, < 332e555dca074c4eb2084898021c3676423814c3 | ≥ 40e20d68bb3fb1ce2704c886d597918988d3321d, < c9df8ff290097aabd5c9200f7f729b0813d37b19 | ≥ 40e20d68bb3fb1ce2704c886d597918988d3321d, < 11ecb4f8735b0230d54a82c18b21ea778b695d61 | ≥ 40e20d68bb3fb1ce2704c886d597918988d3321d, < fc7b19f547bc9e622060a0a9a39da2330aa21c53 | ≥ 40e20d68bb3fb1ce2704c886d597918988d3321d, < 66efb665cd5ad69b27dca8571bf89fc6b9c628a4 | 3.19
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.19, < 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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