What is CVE-2022-49268?

CVE-2022-49268 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476), affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.2 onward and patched in 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33 and others. CVE-2022-49268 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49268?

CVE-2022-49268 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-2022-49268?

Yes, CVE-2022-49268 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49268 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49268 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/476.html

CVE-2022-49268

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: SOF: Intel: Fix NULL ptr dereference when ENOMEM Do not call snd_dma_free_pages() when snd_dma_alloc_pages() returns -ENOMEM because it leads to a NULL pointer dereference bug. The dmesg says: [ T1387] sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl 0000:00:1f.3: error: memory alloc failed: -12 [ T1387] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 [ T1387] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ T1387] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ T1387] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ T1387] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ T1387] CPU: 6 PID: 1387 Comm: alsa-sink-HDA A Tainted: G W 5.17.0-rc4-superb-owl-00055-g80d47f5de5e3 [ T1387] Hardware name: HP HP Laptop 14s-dq2xxx/87FD, BIOS F.15 09/15/2021 [ T1387] RIP: 0010:dma_free_noncontiguous+0x37/0x80 [ T1387] Code: [... snip ...] [ T1387] RSP: 0000:ffffc90002b87770 EFLAGS: 00010246 [ T1387] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ T1387] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: ffff888101db30d0 [ T1387] RBP: 00000000fffffff4 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ T1387] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffffc90002b874d0 R12: 0000000000000001 [ T1387] R13: 0000000000058000 R14: ffff888105260c68 R15: ffff888105260828 [ T1387] FS: 00007f42e2ffd640(0000) GS:ffff888466b80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ T1387] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ T1387] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 000000014acf0003 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ T1387] PKRU: 55555554 [ T1387] Call Trace: [ T1387] <TASK> [ T1387] cl_stream_prepare+0x10a/0x120 [snd_sof_intel_hda_common 146addf995b9279ae7f509621078cccbe4f875e1] [... snip ...] [ T1387] </TASK>

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-02-26

Last modified 2025-09-22

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

Weakness type

CWE-476

CVE-2022-49268 is a NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability

What is NULL Pointer Dereference?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.2 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

≥ 5.2

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-2022-49268 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/01df5f7627f1624d6bb0b8c0870a569b32adfbf8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09eca322d4118dc26570ca6100fa34e59e5a5143
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c307349fe060971625b856c92f0361b8ea9a120
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49268

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-02-26

Modified 2025-09-22

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49268?

CVE-2022-49268 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a NULL Pointer Dereference flaw (CWE-476) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.2 onward and has been patched in 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33 and others. CVE-2022-49268 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49268?

CVE-2022-49268 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-2022-49268?

Yes — CVE-2022-49268 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.2 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49268 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49268 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)?

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL, typically causing a crash. View CWE-476 on MITRE CWE →