What is CVE-2022-49180?

CVE-2022-49180 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.1 onward and patched in 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33 and others. CVE-2022-49180 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49180?

CVE-2022-49180 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-2022-49180?

Yes, CVE-2022-49180 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.1 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49180 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49180 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49180

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LSM: general protection fault in legacy_parse_param The usual LSM hook "bail on fail" scheme doesn't work for cases where a security module may return an error code indicating that it does not recognize an input. In this particular case Smack sees a mount option that it recognizes, and returns 0. A call to a BPF hook follows, which returns -ENOPARAM, which confuses the caller because Smack has processed its data. The SELinux hook incorrectly returns 1 on success. There was a time when this was correct, however the current expectation is that it return 0 on success. This is repaired.

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 5.1 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19, 5.17.2, 5.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.1

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.189 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.110 5.10.x ✓ 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-2022-49180 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/00fc07fa0b4a004711b6e1a944f0d2e46f7093b7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2784604c8c6fc523248f8f80a421c313a9d790b7
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cadae7c5e477aaafcba819b8e4a3d1c1a1503b62
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49180

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-2022-49180?

CVE-2022-49180 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.1 onward and has been patched in 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33 and others. CVE-2022-49180 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49180?

CVE-2022-49180 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-2022-49180?

Yes — CVE-2022-49180 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.1 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49180 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49180 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.