CVE-2022-50821 json
SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails
published 2025-12-30 10 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-55877
- 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 18%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.87, 6.0.17, 6.1.3, 6.2
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.1.4-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50821
- linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-208.220
- linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-144.161
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-69.76
- linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1153.166
- linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1097.105
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1033.37
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1101.110
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1031.38
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50821
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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-2026:0316-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/76f2497a2faa6a4e91efb94a7f55705b403273fd commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa91afe597401b78baa7d751c71eedb92c80bd4d commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cd6026e257362f030c8be57abaf7fc0049df60a commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d01fa993eb7fbc305f0a9c3e8bfac6513efc13b6 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/67eb848161c2799f2007968ea3bc87adb15c9567 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9ded831e2552b9c3cab7e2591a190e94f9d29c0 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/da522b5fe1a5f8b7c20a0023e87b52a150e53bf5 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-2022-50821 updated cvss 6.5
kernel: SUNRPC: Don't leak netobj memory when gss_read_proxy_verf() fails
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 moreaffected: workaround, no fix planned “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sunrpc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more 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: workaround, no fix available “To mitigate this issue, prevent module sunrpc from being loaded. Please see https://access.redhat.com/solutions/41278 for how to blacklist a kernel module to prevent it from loading automatically.”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/76f2497a2faa6a4e91efb94a7f55705b403273fd
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/aa91afe597401b78baa7d751c71eedb92c80bd4d
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2cd6026e257362f030c8be57abaf7fc0049df60a
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/d01fa993eb7fbc305f0a9c3e8bfac6513efc13b6
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/67eb848161c2799f2007968ea3bc87adb15c9567
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/c9ded831e2552b9c3cab7e2591a190e94f9d29c0
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/da522b5fe1a5f8b7c20a0023e87b52a150e53bf5
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2022-50821
- NVD CVE-2022-50821
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