What is CVE-2022-50147?

CVE-2022-50147 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2022-50147?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Linux

CVE-2022-50147

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mempolicy: fix get_nodes out of bound access When user specified more nodes than supported, get_nodes will access nmask array out of bounds.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.002 (5.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions e130242dc351f1cfa2bbeb6766a1486ce936ef88, 5.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

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-2022-50147?: CVE-2022-50147 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2025-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2022-50147?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.