Is CVE-2022-50420 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-50420 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-50420?

CVE-2022-50420 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-50420?

CVE-2022-50420 has an EPSS score of 0.15% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50420?

Upgrade linux on debian 12 to 6.1.4-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-50420

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: hisilicon/hpre - fix resource leak in remove process In hpre_remove(), when the disable operation of qm sriov failed, the following logic should continue to be executed to release the remaining resources that have been allocated, instead of returning directly, otherwise there will be resource leakage.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:6.1.4-1CVE-2022-50420

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-01-14.