{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50855 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2022-50855 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50855 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-50855 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50855 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50855/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50855/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-50855","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50855/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-50855","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50855","GHSA-www3-7cx8-9832","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50855"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A local attacker with high privileges can trigger a reference count leak in the Linux kernel BPF LSM subsystem, potentially leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: prevent leak of lsm program after failed attach\n\nIn [0], we added the ability to bpf_prog_attach LSM programs to cgroups,\nbut in our validation to make sure the prog is meant to be attached to\nBPF_LSM_CGROUP, we return too early if the check fails. This results in\nlack of decrementing prog's refcnt (through bpf_prog_put)\nleaving the LSM program alive past the point of the expected lifecycle.\nThis fix allows for the decrement to take place.\n\n[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220628174314.1216643-4-sdf@google.com/","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"bpf: prevent leak of lsm program after failed attach","id":"CVE-2022-50855","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"cifs: Fix xid leak in cifs_ses_add_channel()","id":"CVE-2022-50856"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"nfc: virtual_ncidev: Fix memory leak in virtual_nci_send()","id":"CVE-2022-50854"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-12-30","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A local attacker with high privileges can trigger a reference count leak in the Linux kernel BPF LSM subsystem, potentially leading to privilege escalation or denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50855/"}