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CVE-2022-50532

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50532 is a resource leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mpt3sas SCSI driver, affecting Linux kernel versions. Specifically, it occurs when sas_rphy_add() fails, leading to a kernel crash due to a NULL pointer dereference during subsequent device removal. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L) to trigger, potentially causing a denial of service (A:H) through system instability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.8, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.86CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 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 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
4.4%
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 28th 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 (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50532Low

kernel: scsi: mpt3sas: Fix possible resource leaks in mpt3sas_transport_port_add()

Oct 7, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/6a92129c8f999ff5b122c100ce7f625eb3e98c4b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6f6768e2fc8638fabdd8802c2ef693d7aef01db1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/78316e9dfc24906dd474630928ed1d3c562b568e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ce1a69cc85006b494353911b35171da195d79e25
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d17bca3ddfe507874cb826d32721552da12e741f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d60000cb1195a464080b0efb4949daf7594e0020
Patch