Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50014
Published: June 20, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111668
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50014
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the follow_devmap_pmd(), can_follow_write_pmd() and follow_trans_huge_pmd() functions in mm/huge_memory.c, within the follow_pfn_pte() and faultin_page() functions in mm/gup.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50014
Install update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 5.19.6