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CVE-2022-50848

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-50848 addresses a potential memory leak in the Linux kernel's DIO driver, specifically within the dio_init() function, due to improper resource deallocation in error paths. While no specific affected products are listed, it impacts the Linux kernel. The vulnerability has no assigned CVSS score, and its FAUCET Risk Score is low (7/100), suggesting a limited attack surface and complexity, with the primary impact being system instability due to memory exhaustion rather than direct compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
LinuxLinux
2.6.29CNA affecteddefault affected
LinuxLinux
>= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < 4b68caa95064ac464f1b261d08ac677e753d1088, >= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < 78fddc0ff971f9874d53c854818cc4aafa144114, >= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < 8e002b9fe831b27d4506df6fa60cb33ba0730ac3, >= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < a0ead7e8da84f4c3759417b8e928b65e0207c646, >= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < a524e7fed696a4dfef671e0fda3511bfd2dca0cf, >= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < affe3cea6b3148fa66796a48640664822ceccd48, >= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < da64e01da40c6b71a54144126da53cc3b27201ac, >= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < e63e99397b2613d50a5f4f02ed07307e67a190f1, >= 2e4c77bea3d8b17d94f8ee382411f359b708560f, < fce9890e1be4c0460dad850cc8c00414a9d25f0fCNA affecteddefault unaffected

CVSS Data

CVSS data has not been published for this CVE.

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15

Social Chatter

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-50848

kernel: drivers: dio: fix possible memory leak in dio_init()

Dec 30, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/4b68caa95064ac464f1b261d08ac677e753d1088
git.kernel.org / stable/c/78fddc0ff971f9874d53c854818cc4aafa144114
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8e002b9fe831b27d4506df6fa60cb33ba0730ac3
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a0ead7e8da84f4c3759417b8e928b65e0207c646
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a524e7fed696a4dfef671e0fda3511bfd2dca0cf
git.kernel.org / stable/c/affe3cea6b3148fa66796a48640664822ceccd48
git.kernel.org / stable/c/da64e01da40c6b71a54144126da53cc3b27201ac
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e63e99397b2613d50a5f4f02ed07307e67a190f1
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fce9890e1be4c0460dad850cc8c00414a9d25f0f