CVE-2022-50856: cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_ses_add_channel()

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50856DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50856
Published 30-12-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50856 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.20%
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

Timeline

  1. 30-12-2025
    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_ses_add_channel() Before return, should free the xid, otherwise, the xid will be leaked.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.20% 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: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu103 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)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.6-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ d70e9fa55884760b6d6c293dbf20d8c52ce11fb7, < 7286f875510486fdc2fc426b7c826262e2283a65 | ≥ d70e9fa55884760b6d6c293dbf20d8c52ce11fb7, < 847301f0ee1c29f34cc48547ce1071990f24969c | ≥ d70e9fa55884760b6d6c293dbf20d8c52ce11fb7, < db2a8b6c17e128d91f35d836c569f4a6bda4471b | ≥ d70e9fa55884760b6d6c293dbf20d8c52ce11fb7, < e909d054bdea75ef1ec48c18c5936affdaecbb2c | 5.5

3 vendors · 105 products

References

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