5.5

CVE-2022-50348: nfsd: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50348DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50348
Published 16-09-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50348 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.1% 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 (CVE.org)
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 6 · Related 4
RHSA-2023:2458RHSA-2023:7077SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Timeline

  1. 16-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: Fix a memory leak in an error handling path If this memdup_user() call fails, the memory allocated in a previous call a few lines above should be freed. Otherwise it leaks.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

5%

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.

Ubuntu115 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-139.156 | < 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1096.104 | < 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 6ee95d1c899186c0798cafd25998d436bcdb9618, < acc393aecda05bf64ed13b732931462e07a1bf08 | ≥ 6ee95d1c899186c0798cafd25998d436bcdb9618, < e060c4b9f33c1fca74df26d57a98e784295327e6 | ≥ 6ee95d1c899186c0798cafd25998d436bcdb9618, < aed8816305575b38dcc77feb6f1bc1d0ed32f5b8 | ≥ 6ee95d1c899186c0798cafd25998d436bcdb9618, < 733dd17158f96aaa25408dc39bbb2738fda9300e | ≥ 6ee95d1c899186c0798cafd25998d436bcdb9618, < cc3bca2110ac85cd964da997ef83d84cab0d49fb | ≥ 6ee95d1c899186c0798cafd25998d436bcdb9618, < fd1ef88049de09bc70d60b549992524cfc0e66ff | 5.4
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.4, < 5.4.220 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.150 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.75 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.19.17 | ≥ 6.0, < 6.0.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.3-1

3 vendors · 118 products

References

10 links