5.5

CVE-2022-50242: drivers: net: qlcnic: Fix potential memory leak in qlcnic_sriov_init()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50242DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50242
Published 15-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50242 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.5% 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
0.16%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 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 3 · Related 3
SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Timeline

  1. 15-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drivers: net: qlcnic: Fix potential memory leak in qlcnic_sriov_init() If vp alloc failed in qlcnic_sriov_init(), all previously allocated vp needs to be freed.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.16% 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

Affected systems

Version check

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

Ubuntu120 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-208.220 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1153.166 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < 15770edc01edfce773269e8a443ca8e420f6f859 | ≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < 0aefadf23ee5e33b747df195ace42d3be2025e4e | ≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < 132c502919bb08e16e3054cb28bb7b149ec20cf5 | ≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < a44490abaf00f5b0cc5c448a17eae331c6195d0a | ≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < 14b349a15c297cf3e01b5deb4116f7cf297b6184 | ≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < 8399b9893548c03fdb18be277bf99d985dbde925 | ≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < aa2d179544b6815b4a23c0c44543ba0971d49fce | ≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < dcae92a249551d1a447804b4be1c9fab0e8c95e8 | ≥ f197a7aa62888f27c9a7976b18eb4f040f6606ce, < 01de1123322e4fe1bbd0fcdf0982511b55519c03 | 3.10
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.10, < 4.9.337 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.303 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.270 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.229 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.163 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.86 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.16 | ≥ 6.1, < 6.1.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.4-1

3 vendors · 123 products

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