CVE-2022-50742 json
misc: ocxl: fix possible refcount leak in afu_ioctl()
published 2025-12-24 10 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-55819
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
misc: ocxl: fix possible refcount leak in afu_ioctl()
eventfd_ctx_put need to be called to put the refcount that gotten by eventfd_ctx_fdget when ocxl_irq_set_handler fails.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17, 6.0.3, 6.1
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.0.3-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50742
- linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-139.156
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-60.66
- linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1096.104
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.34
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1100.109
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1029.36
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1027.32
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1044.49
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50742
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- kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +5 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1
- kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP4-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.4 +3 more 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3
- kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
- kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0617-1SUSE-SU-2026:0411-1SUSE-SU-2026:0369-1SUSE-SU-2026:0350-1SUSE-SU-2026:0317-1SUSE-SU-2026:0263-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc797285c40a9cc441357abb3521d3e51c743f67 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ba19a60c74fb0057d4daef2fa2cbfc9522f3ba1 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/11bd8bbdf8f6f5c1145bb158793107a57e3a1f07 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/843433a02e344d30fbb62dfd834c60631baaa527 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/66032c43291672bae8b93184d2806f05be3e16df commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3b69ba5114c860d730870c03ab4ee45276e5e35 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2022-50742 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service via refcount leak in ocxl afu_ioctl()
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 moreaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/fc797285c40a9cc441357abb3521d3e51c743f67
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/7ba19a60c74fb0057d4daef2fa2cbfc9522f3ba1
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/11bd8bbdf8f6f5c1145bb158793107a57e3a1f07
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/843433a02e344d30fbb62dfd834c60631baaa527
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/66032c43291672bae8b93184d2806f05be3e16df
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c3b69ba5114c860d730870c03ab4ee45276e5e35
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-50742
- NVD CVE-2022-50742
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