🛡️ CVE-2022-50114 — kernel

🟡 CVSS 5.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

net: 9p: fix refcount leak in p9_read_work() error handling

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: 9p: fix refcount leak in p9_read_work() error handling

p9_req_put need to be called when m->rreq->rc.sdata is NULL to avoid

temporary refcount leak.

[Dominique: commit wording adjustments, p9_req_put argument fixes for rebase]

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2022-50114 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 5.19.0 up to 5.19.2)
  • linux-kernel (from 5.19 up to 5.19.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 18 June 2025 and last revised on 15 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2022-50114 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Medium
CVSS Score 5.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-06-18
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2026-07-15

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 5.19.0 5.19.2
linux-kernel 5.19 5.19.2

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