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CVE-2022-50779

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50779 addresses a kernel memory leak in the Linux OrangeFS module. Specifically, the orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string function fails to properly free allocated memory when the module is inserted and removed, leading to unreferenced objects. This vulnerability affects the Linux kernel and is not associated with a CVSS score, indicating a low severity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
LinuxLinux
4.9CNA affecteddefault affected
LinuxLinux
>= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < 19be31668552a198e887762e25bdcc560800ecb4, >= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < 2e7c09121064df93c58bbc49d3d0f608d3f584bd, >= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < 39529b79b023713d4f2d3479dc0ca43ba99df726, >= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < 3fc221d9a16339a913a0341d3efc7fef339073e1, >= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < 44d3eac26a5e5268d11cc342dc202b0d31505c0a, >= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < b8affa0c6405ee968dcb6030bee2cf719a464752, >= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < ba9d3b9cec20957fd86bb1bf525b4ea8b64b2dea, >= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < d23417a5bf3a3afc55de5442eb46e1e60458b0a1, >= dc0336214eb07ee9de2a41dd4c81c744ffa419ac, < f2b8a6aac561a49fe02c99683c40a8b87a9f68fcCNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS data has not been published for this CVE.

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15

Social Chatter

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50779

kernel: orangefs: Fix kmemleak in orangefs_prepare_debugfs_help_string()

Dec 24, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/19be31668552a198e887762e25bdcc560800ecb4
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2e7c09121064df93c58bbc49d3d0f608d3f584bd
git.kernel.org / stable/c/39529b79b023713d4f2d3479dc0ca43ba99df726
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3fc221d9a16339a913a0341d3efc7fef339073e1
git.kernel.org / stable/c/44d3eac26a5e5268d11cc342dc202b0d31505c0a
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b8affa0c6405ee968dcb6030bee2cf719a464752
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ba9d3b9cec20957fd86bb1bf525b4ea8b64b2dea
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d23417a5bf3a3afc55de5442eb46e1e60458b0a1
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f2b8a6aac561a49fe02c99683c40a8b87a9f68fc