Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50749

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU120549

Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50749

Published: December 26, 2025 / Updated: December 31, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU120549
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50749
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow within the encode_comp_t() function in kernel/acct.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_293-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_194-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_48-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_194-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_34-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_133-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_133-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-man
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-source
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
kernel-default-devel
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python2-perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-obs-qa
kselftests-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-64kb
dtb-rockchip
kernel-docs
kernel-64kb
dtb-amazon
dtb-exynos
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-mediatek
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra
dtb-freescale
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
dtb-broadcom
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
dtb-nvidia
gfs2-kmp-64kb
dtb-lg
dtb-renesas
dtb-qcom
kernel-64kb-optional
dtb-arm
dtb-cavium
kernel-64kb-devel
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-altera
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dtb-marvell
dlm-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
dtb-apm
dtb-allwinner
dtb-sprd
dtb-apple
dtb-amlogic
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
dtb-xilinx
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-extra
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
dtb-aarch64
dtb-amd
dtb-socionext
dtb-hisilicon
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-devel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-extra
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2022-50749

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 5.15.86
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_293-default - update to 1-8.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_194-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150400.9.7.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_48-debugsource - update to 1-150400.9.7.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_194-default - update to 1-150400.9.7.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_34-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_133-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_133-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.293.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.293.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.293.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.293.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.293.1, 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
bpftool - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
python3-perf - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
python2-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
python2-perf - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel-debugsource - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel-devel - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel-source - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel-tools - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel-tools-devel - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
perf - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2601.4.0.0359
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.15.142.1, 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-obs-qa - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kselftests-kmp-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-rockchip - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-docs - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-amazon - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-exynos - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-mediatek - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-freescale - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-docs-html - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-source-vanilla - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-broadcom - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-nvidia - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-lg - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-renesas - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-qcom - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-arm - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-cavium - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-altera - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-marvell - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-apm - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-allwinner - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-sprd - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-apple - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-amlogic - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-xilinx - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-optional - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-extra - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-kvmsmall - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-zfcpdump - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-aarch64 - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-amd - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-socionext - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
dtb-hisilicon - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150400.24.194.1.150400.24.98.3, 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1.150500.6.65.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.118.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.133.1

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