Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50289

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix memory leak in ocfs2_stack_glue_init() ocfs2_table_header should be free in ocfs2_stack_glue_init() if ocfs2_sysfs_init() failed, otherwise kmemleak will report memleak. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810eeb5800 (size 128): comm "modprobe", pid 4507, jiffies 4296182506 (age 55.888s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): c0 40 14 a0 ff ff ff ff 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 .@.............. 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: [<000000001e59e1cd>] __register_sysctl_table+0xca/0xef0 [<00000000c04f70f7>] 0xffffffffa0050037 [<000000001bd12912>] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480 [<0000000064f766c9>] do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680 [<000000002ba52db0>] load_module+0x6441/0x6f20 [<000000009772580d>] __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0 [<00000000380c1f22>] do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 [<000000004cf473bc>] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

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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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (4.4th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 4th percentile — 4.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-50289: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 3878f110f71a0971ff7acc15dd6db711b6ef37c6, 2.6.26, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 2.6.26

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-50289?
CVE-2022-50289 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-2022-50289?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.