5.5

CVE-2022-50514: usb: gadget: f_hid: fix refcount leak on error path

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50514DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50514
Published 07-10-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50514 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 (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 4 · Related 4
SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

Timeline

  1. 07-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: gadget: f_hid: fix refcount leak on error path When failing to allocate report_desc, opts->refcnt has already been incremented so it needs to be decremented to avoid leaving the options structure permanently locked.

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 0.16% 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

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.

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≥ 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd, < 95412c932b3c9e8cc4431dac4fac8fcd80d54982 | ≥ 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd, < 80dc47e751a837106c09bec73964ff8f7ea280b4 | ≥ 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd, < e88b89a096af0001bcff6bf7ad2feb1486487173 | ≥ 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd, < 9d4a0aca8a75550d3456c8de339a341dc4536ec5 | ≥ 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd, < ba78f7c10606719f702c04a15fb0471507b32d7b | ≥ 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd, < 216437dd64fce36791a3b6cc8f8013df36856958 | ≥ 21a9476a7ba847e413bf1c144d7c614532aed6dd, < 70a3288a7586526315105c699b687d78cd32559a | 3.19
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.19, < 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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