PT-2025-40734 · Linux+1 · Linux Kernel+1

Published 2025-10-04 · Updated 2026-04-20 · CVE-2022-50500

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak was identified within the netdevsim module of the Linux kernel, specifically in the nsim drv probe() function. This leak occurs when nsim dev resources register() fails during the device probe process, leading to unreferenced memory allocation. The backtrace indicates the issue originates from memory allocation within the device resource registration process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

AZL-75072

CVE-2022-50500

Affected Products

Debian

Linux Kernel

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50500.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50500 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b1da9f7126f05e857da6db24c6a04aa7974d644 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c4957fe40e2a628b7cceaf4c9bfb5b701774d05 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/AZL-75072 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50500 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50500 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1974513825555914881 · Twitter Post
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note