{"id":"CVE-2022-50318","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-50318","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:38:33.940Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: perf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix reference count leak in hswep_has_limit_sbox() pci_get_device() will increase the reference count for the returned 'dev'.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nperf/x86/intel/uncore: Fix reference count leak in hswep_has_limit_sbox()\n\npci_get_device() will increase the reference count for the returned\n'dev'. We need to call pci_dev_put() to decrease the reference count.\nSince 'dev' is only used in pci_read_config_dword(), let's add\npci_dev_put() right after it.","published":"2025-09-15T15:15:44.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:23:13.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05091,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ff9dd6e7071a561f803135c1d684b13c7a7d01d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3485f197518061371568f842405159aa9e4df551","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48f32b9a74e2ac8e854bb87bfefdbc745125a123","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a96c10a56037db006ba6769307a9731cf6073be","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd66877c0b3b42eed0ecee0bd2a2a505c1e54177","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c0539d5d474ee6fa4ebc41f927a0f98f81244f25","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e293263248f25c6b8aa1caf7c1103d40aa03311e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50318","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}