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CVE-2022-50106

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50106 is a refcount leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's powerpc/cell/axon_msi component, specifically within the setup_msi_msg_address function, affecting Linux kernel versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) could lead to a denial of service (A:H) through local (AV:L) means with low attack complexity (AC:L) and no user interaction (UI:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.23, < 4.14.291CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.256CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.211CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.137CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
5.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50106Low

kernel: powerpc/cell/axon_msi: Fix refcount leak in setup_msi_msg_address

Jun 18, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/00dc7cbbb558955ff410fd392cc9b0366eb06df0
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/02ed44125d7a7238999750ca126b60f8dd7a88b1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/51cf876b11fb6ca06f69e9d1de58f892d1522e9d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5eaa93caa63abf382b319dbe2f032232026740c2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6263ec8032c411b8ef6b7f00198cb18c855ee6cb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/af41cff4ada533b1cf40de6c468ba164fd32c22d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/df5d4b616ee76abc97e5bd348e22659c2b095b1c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f388643657cd5a04dc47a68d85321876c5b4c208
Patch