What is CVE-2022-49117?

CVE-2022-49117 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.19 onward and patched in 5.4.189, 5.10.111, 5.15.34 and others. CVE-2022-49117 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49117?

CVE-2022-49117 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-2022-49117?

Yes, CVE-2022-49117 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.189, 5.10.111, 5.15.34 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49117 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49117 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49117

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mips: ralink: fix a refcount leak in ill_acc_of_setup() of_node_put(np) needs to be called when pdev == NULL.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-02-26

Last modified 2025-10-01

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 3.19 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.189, 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3, 5.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.19

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.189 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.111 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.34 5.15.x ✓ 5.16.20 5.16.x ✓ 5.17.3 5.17.x ✓ 5.18

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49117 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/060a485df4ec1183d543317511cb4caa43468b5d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/142ae7d4f21524acfe073e5a3da5667aa85eb970
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a0a1436053b17e50b7c88858fb0824326641793
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49117

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-02-26

Modified 2025-10-01

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49117?

CVE-2022-49117 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.19 onward and has been patched in 5.4.189, 5.10.111, 5.15.34 and others. CVE-2022-49117 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49117?

CVE-2022-49117 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-2022-49117?

Yes — CVE-2022-49117 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.189, 5.10.111, 5.15.34 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.19 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49117 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49117 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.