What is CVE-2022-50247?

CVE-2022-50247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-50247?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50247

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci-mtk: fix leakage of shared hcd when fail to set wakeup irq Can not set the @shared_hcd to NULL before decrease the usage count by usb_put_hcd(), this will cause the shared hcd not released.

EPSS: 0.001 (4.2th 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 04284eb74e0c350be5e75eda178b97063343af13, 5.13, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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-2022-50247?: CVE-2022-50247 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-50247?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.