What is CVE-2022-50120?

CVE-2022-50120 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-50120?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50120

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc: imx_rproc: Fix refcount leak in imx_rproc_addr_init of_parse_phandle() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not needed anymore. This function has two paths missing of_node_put().

EPSS: 0.002 (5.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions a0ff4aa6f010801b2a61c203c6e09d01b110fddf, 4.14, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50120?: CVE-2022-50120 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-50120?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.