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CVE-2022-50463

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50463 is a resource leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's powerpc/52xx component, specifically within the mpc52xx_lpbfifo_probe() function, affecting Linux kernel versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and could lead to a high impact on availability, though it does not affect confidentiality or integrity. There is 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
>= 2.6.33, < 4.9.337CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.303CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.270CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.229CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.163CPE 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
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.6%
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 29th 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-2022-50463

kernel: powerpc/52xx: Fix a resource leak in an error handling path

Oct 1, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0accd460dc7bbe5f55e41a8867c63db9d07b3ec8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/40b4be399e0db7073dec5a0de5ca9994f7e31e58
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5836947613ef33d311b4eff6a32d019580a214f5
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9bf842ffdd216b9f94d5b051b5d8b815f2426538
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/be9caf2c936f15a9c3f9111e62bdde6357312f90
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cbda93665a3857324f5c79e45769a83c78183199
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e4002f293e5b44e57d2930513cca0dff32249812
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f4ad0a7f0e78d65d38921ab2bef234e49be78b10
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fb3ef6a5af4b003502c940ea50c0f55b06ebbfc9
Patch