What is CVE-2022-49011?

CVE-2022-49011 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.14 onward and patched in 4.9.335, 4.14.301, 4.19.268 and others. CVE-2022-49011 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49011?

CVE-2022-49011 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-49011?

Yes, CVE-2022-49011 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.335, 4.14.301, 4.19.268 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49011 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49011 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2022-49011

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (coretemp) fix pci device refcount leak in nv1a_ram_new() As comment of pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() says, it returns a pci device with refcount increment, when finish using it, the caller must decrement the reference count by calling pci_dev_put(). So call it after using to avoid refcount leak.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-10-21

Last modified 2024-10-24

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2022-49011 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.9.335, 4.14.301, 4.19.268, 5.4.226, 5.10.158, 5.15.82, 6.0.12, 6.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.14

Fixed in

✓ 4.9.335 4.9.x ✓ 4.14.301 4.14.x ✓ 4.19.268 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.226 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.158 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.82 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.12 6.0.x ✓ 6.1

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49011 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd1da5a15eeecb2fe4cf131b3216fb455af783c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f74cffc7c85f770b1b1833dccb03b8cde3be102
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e035d5a2a6b907cfce9a80c5f442c2e459cd34e
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49011

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-10-21

Modified 2024-10-24

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49011?

CVE-2022-49011 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.14 onward and has been patched in 4.9.335, 4.14.301, 4.19.268 and others. CVE-2022-49011 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49011?

CVE-2022-49011 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-49011?

Yes — CVE-2022-49011 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.335, 4.14.301, 4.19.268 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49011 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49011 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. View CWE-401 on MITRE CWE →