Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50313

 

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50313

Published: September 16, 2025 / Updated: September 22, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU115608
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-2022-50313
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 erofs_fill_symlink() function in fs/erofs/inode.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-source
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool

How to mitigate CVE-2022-50313

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 5.19.17
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-283.0.0.185, 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-283.0.0.186
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-283.0.0.186

External References

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