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CVE-2022-50172

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50172 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mt76x02u driver, specifically within the __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg routine, affecting Linux kernel versions. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges to exploit, potentially leading to a denial of service (availability impact). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.20, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.18.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.19, < 5.19.2CPE 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
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 49th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50172Low

kernel: mt76: mt76x02u: fix possible memory leak in __mt76x02u_mcu_send_msg

Jun 18, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2f53ba46d8c97aca681adbe5098e1f84580c446d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3ad958bc488e3ecb0207d31621c00efb86f17482
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cffd93411575afd987788e2ec3cb8eaff70f0215
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/da1ab462b96c5d47a0755aec957bae3d685538c5
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f1609c4f4a21777e081b36596224802b85052ad9
Patch