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CVE-2022-50207

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50207 is a refcount leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ARM bcm_kona_smc_init function, affecting Linux kernel versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be exploited locally with low complexity, potentially leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.10, < 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
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 51st 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-2022-50207

kernel: ARM: bcm: Fix refcount leak in bcm_kona_smc_init

Jun 18, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/02b658bfb26452f2c13e4577a13ab802f89a6642
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5afe042c889437de83f38a9d73d145742fb4f65f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/62d719d31ec667276d7375b64542b080cf187797
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/75866df2b1d673df5b7781e565ada753a7895f04
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/91e7f04f53e680bc72f0a9a5c682ab652100b9c8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bc7f487395f208fd9af69e9a807815e10435aba7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c6964cb9ac7a43bf78e7d60126e2722992de2ea1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cb23389a2458c2e4bfd6c86a513cbbe1c4d35e76
Patch