What is CVE-2022-50254?

CVE-2022-50254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2022-50254?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50254

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: ov8865: Fix an error handling path in ov8865_probe() The commit in Fixes also introduced some new error handling which should goto the existing error handling path. Otherwise some resources leak.

EPSS: 0.001 (2.8th 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 73dcffeb2ff98e8181b43e9d9faad042ddcb7f60, 5.17, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50254?: CVE-2022-50254 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2022-50254?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.