CVE-2022-50189 | tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tools/power turbostat: Fix file pointer leak Currently if a fscanf fails then an early return leaks an open file pointer. Fix this by fclosing the file before the return. Detected using static analysis with cppcheck: tools/power/x86/turbostat/turbostat.c:2039:3: error: Resource leak: fp [resourceLeak]

Published: 2025-06-18 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-50189 is rated Low Risk (31.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.19%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50189

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.19% +0.11%
2 2026-04-14 0.02% 0.08% +0.06%
3 2025-06-18 — 0.02% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50189

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.2 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50189

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50189

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2022-50189 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50189
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50189
suse medium CVE-2022-50189 severity moderate: SUSE including 73 source package names (bpftool-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, bpftool-7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, …), 313 product×package rows across 54 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Liberty Linux 8, … (54 product lines)): Known Not Affected 266, Fixed 47. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50189/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-50189 medium priority: Ubuntu including 144 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1288 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 924, ignored 147, not-affected 139, released 78. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50189

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50189

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.19, < 5.19.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-50189

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