CVE-2022-50401

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-04.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-09-18 16:03Z11 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 08:58Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-09-17

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

844c1c44d342feb3cc1f8137cbaf7f294b4a4635737769c8b70b1314184d033d

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/707bcca9616002d204091ca7c4d1d91151104332
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15fc60aa5bdcf6d5f93000d3d00579fc67632ee0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b4ae8c42d2ff09ed7c5832ccce5684c55e5ed23
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fddac3b4578d302ac9e51e7f03a9aae6254ae2a3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1207219a4bfa50121c9345d5d165470d0a82531
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a472f069ced8601979f53c13c0cf20236074ed46
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2f9f03e4537f3fcc8fd2bdd3248530c3477a371
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d843ebd860c58a38e45527e8ec6516059f4c97f3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bc8edc98bd43540dbe648e4ef91f443d6d20a24