Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50285
Published: September 16, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU115476
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50285
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the alloc_huge_page() function in mm/hugetlb.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-50285
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112a005d1ded04a4b41b6d01833cc0bda90625cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11993652d0b49e27272db0a37aa828d8a3a4b92b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12df140f0bdfae5dcfc81800970dd7f6f632e00c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b35432d324898ec41beb27031d2a1a864a4d40e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e50a07b6a5fcd39df1534d3fdaca4292a65efe6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/568e3812b1778b4c0c229649b59977d88f400ece
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/629c986e19fe9481227c7cdfd9a105bbc104d245
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c828fab903725279aa9dc6ae3d44bb7e4778f92c
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.6