5.5

CVE-2022-50460: cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_flock()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50460DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50460
Published 01-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50460 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% 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 6 · Related 5
RHSA-2023:6583SUSE-SU-2025:03614-1SUSE-SU-2025:03615-1SUSE-SU-2025:03628-1SUSE-SU-2025:3716-1SUSE-SU-2025:3761-1

Timeline

  1. 01-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_flock() If not flock, before return -ENOLCK, should free the xid, otherwise, the xid will be leaked.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 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 0.15% 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.

Ubuntu102 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d0677992d2af3d65f1c1c21de3323d09d4891537, < 2d08311aa3056a84bfdc09bc47777de6a9b16c30 | ≥ d0677992d2af3d65f1c1c21de3323d09d4891537, < 8905d13b9ede4caa88c577faed832d6c7383f4fb | ≥ d0677992d2af3d65f1c1c21de3323d09d4891537, < f8c9b4a963fec5d0e37e3e8522bb19b0c28e1a73 | ≥ d0677992d2af3d65f1c1c21de3323d09d4891537, < 575e079c782b9862ec2626403922d041a42e6ed6 | 5.5
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.152 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.76 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.6 | 6.1:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.6-1

3 vendors · 105 products

References

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