Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2022-50307

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50307 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the Linux kernel's s390/cio subsystem, specifically affecting the cio_ignore free operation. This flaw occurs when device IDs are removed from the cio_ignore list, leading to incorrect assumptions about I/O subchannel driver data for non-default drivers like vfio_ccw. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.1 (HIGH), it has a local attack vector with low complexity, potentially leading to high confidentiality and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.15.1, < 5.15.78CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.0.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.15:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 19th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50307Moderate

kernel: s390/cio: fix out-of-bounds access on cio_ignore free

Sep 15, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0e501fd0f38e42304bfa0d46a812d93f80294a87
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/106ab66cf5467726ca5ead51623043d37c06820a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/1b6074112742f65ece71b0f299ca5a6a887d2db6
Patch