What is CVE-2022-49137?

CVE-2022-49137 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.2 onward and patched in 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.111 and others. CVE-2022-49137 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49137?

CVE-2022-49137 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-2022-49137?

Yes, CVE-2022-49137 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.111 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49137 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49137 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49137

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_cs: fix refcount leak of a dma_fence obj This issue takes place in an error path in amdgpu_cs_fence_to_handle_ioctl(). When `info->in.what` falls into default case, the function simply returns -EINVAL, forgetting to decrement the reference count of a dma_fence obj, which is bumped earlier by amdgpu_cs_get_fence(). This may result in reference count leaks. Fix it by decreasing the refcount of specific object before returning the error code.

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 4.2 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.111, 5.15.34, 5.16.20, 5.17.3, 5.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.2

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.238 4.19.x ✓ 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-2022-49137 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/3edd8646cb7c11b57c90e026bda6f21076223f5b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4009f104b02b223d1a11d74b36b1cc083bc37028
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72d77ddb2224ebc00648f4f78f8a9a259dccbdf7
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49137

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-2022-49137?

CVE-2022-49137 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.2 onward and has been patched in 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.111 and others. CVE-2022-49137 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49137?

CVE-2022-49137 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-2022-49137?

Yes — CVE-2022-49137 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.238, 5.4.189, 5.10.111 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49137 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49137 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.