CVE-2022-50572 | ASoC: audio-graph-card: fix refcount leak of cpu_ep in __graph_for_each_link()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: audio-graph-card: fix refcount leak of cpu_ep in __graph_for_each_link() The of_get_next_child() returns a node with refcount incremented, and decrements the refcount of prev. So in the error path of the while loop, of_node_put() needs be called for cpu_ep.

Published: 2025-10-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-50572 is rated Low Risk (8.2/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.18%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50572

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 0.02% 0.18% +0.16%
2 2025-10-23 0.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50572

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50572

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50572

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-50572 not yet assigned 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-2022-50572
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50572
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50572/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-50572 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 159, released 131, not-affected 104, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50572

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50572

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.1, < 5.4.229 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.1, < 5.10.163 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.1, < 5.15.86 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.1, < 6.0.16 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.1, < 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.1, < 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-50572

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