What is CVE-2022-49169?

CVE-2022-49169 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 3.8 onward and patched in 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 and others. CVE-2022-49169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49169?

CVE-2022-49169 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-2022-49169?

Yes, CVE-2022-49169 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49169 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49169

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: use spin_lock to avoid hang [14696.634553] task:cat state:D stack: 0 pid:1613738 ppid:1613735 flags:0x00000004 [14696.638285] Call Trace: [14696.639038] <TASK> [14696.640032] __schedule+0x302/0x930 [14696.640969] schedule+0x58/0xd0 [14696.641799] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30 [14696.642890] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0 [14696.644035] ? mod_objcg_state+0x10c/0x310 [14696.645040] ? obj_cgroup_charge+0xe1/0x170 [14696.646067] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 [14696.647126] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40 [14696.648070] stat_show+0x25/0x17c0 [f2fs] [14696.649218] seq_read_iter+0x120/0x4b0 [14696.650289] ? aa_file_perm+0x12a/0x500 [14696.651357] ? lru_cache_add+0x1c/0x20 [14696.652470] seq_read+0xfd/0x140 [14696.653445] full_proxy_read+0x5c/0x80 [14696.654535] vfs_read+0xa0/0x1a0 [14696.655497] ksys_read+0x67/0xe0 [14696.656502] __x64_sys_read+0x1a/0x20 [14696.657580] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0 [14696.658671] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [14696.660068] RIP: 0033:0x7efe39df1cb2 [14696.661133] RSP: 002b:00007ffc8badd948 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [14696.662958] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007efe39df1cb2 [14696.664757] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007efe399df000 RDI: 0000000000000003 [14696.666542] RBP: 00007efe399df000 R08: 00007efe399de010 R09: 00007efe399de010 [14696.668363] R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 [14696.670155] R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000020000 R15: 0000000000020000 [14696.671965] </TASK> [14696.672826] task:umount state:D stack: 0 pid:1614985 ppid:1614984 flags:0x00004000 [14696.674930] Call Trace: [14696.675903] <TASK> [14696.676780] __schedule+0x302/0x930 [14696.677927] schedule+0x58/0xd0 [14696.679019] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30 [14696.680412] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0 [14696.681783] ? destroy_inode+0x65/0x80 [14696.683006] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 [14696.684305] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40 [14696.685442] f2fs_destroy_stats+0x1e/0x60 [f2fs] [14696.686803] f2fs_put_super+0x158/0x390 [f2fs] [14696.688238] generic_shutdown_super+0x7a/0x120 [14696.689621] kill_block_super+0x27/0x50 [14696.690894] kill_f2fs_super+0x7f/0x100 [f2fs] [14696.692311] deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0 [14696.693698] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50 [14696.694985] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190 [14696.696209] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [14696.697390] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0 [14696.698587] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/0x1c0 [14696.700053] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x27/0x50 [14696.701418] do_syscall_64+0x48/0xc0 [14696.702630] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-02-26

Last modified 2025-10-22

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 3.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 3.8

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.33 5.15.x ✓ 5.16.19 5.16.x ✓ 5.17.2 5.17.x ✓ 5.18

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49169 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/2eff60346e7ae1a24cd868b8fdcf58e946e7dde1
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/738886004bd2885ac2db0bc63b4874aa471ca87e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98237fcda4a24e67b0a4498c17d5aa4ad4537bc7
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49169

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-02-26

Modified 2025-10-22

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49169?

CVE-2022-49169 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 3.8 onward and has been patched in 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 and others. CVE-2022-49169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49169?

CVE-2022-49169 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-2022-49169?

Yes — CVE-2022-49169 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 3.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49169 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49169 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.