CVE-2022-50461 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's am65-cpsw Ethernet driver, specifically affecting the am65_cpsw_nuss_ndo_slave_open() function. It involves a PM runtime leakage due to a missing pm_runtime_put() call in an error path. This local vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) could lead to a denial of service (A:H) with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.7, < 6.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.1, < 6.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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