What is CVE-2022-49496?

CVE-2022-49496 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Improper Locking flaw (CWE-667), affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.10 onward and patched in 5.18.3 and 5.19. CVE-2022-49496 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49496?

CVE-2022-49496 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-2022-49496?

Yes, CVE-2022-49496 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.18.3 and 5.19. If you are running Linux kernel 4.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49496 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49496 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Improper Locking (CWE-667)?

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock, which can lead to unexpected behaviour. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html

CVE-2022-49496

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: prevent kernel crash when rmmod mtk-vcodec-dec.ko If the driver support subdev mode, the parameter "dev->pm.dev" will be NULL in mtk_vcodec_dec_remove. Kernel will crash when try to rmmod mtk-vcodec-dec.ko. [ 4380.702726] pc : do_raw_spin_trylock+0x4/0x80 [ 4380.707075] lr : _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x90/0x14c [ 4380.711509] sp : ffff80000819bc10 [ 4380.714811] x29: ffff80000819bc10 x28: ffff3600c03e4000 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 4380.721934] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 4380.729057] x23: ffff3600c0f34930 x22: ffffd5e923549000 x21: 0000000000000220 [ 4380.736179] x20: 0000000000000208 x19: ffffd5e9213e8ebc x18: 0000000000000020 [ 4380.743298] x17: 0000002000000000 x16: ffffd5e9213e8e90 x15: 696c346f65646976 [ 4380.750420] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000040 [ 4380.757542] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 [ 4380.764664] x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : ffff3600c7273ae8 x6 : ffffd5e9213e8ebc [ 4380.771786] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 4380.778908] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff3600c03e4000 x0 : 0000000000000208 [ 4380.786031] Call trace: [ 4380.788465] do_raw_spin_trylock+0x4/0x80 [ 4380.792462] __pm_runtime_disable+0x2c/0x1b0 [ 4380.796723] mtk_vcodec_dec_remove+0x5c/0xa0 [mtk_vcodec_dec] [ 4380.802466] platform_remove+0x2c/0x60 [ 4380.806204] __device_release_driver+0x194/0x250 [ 4380.810810] driver_detach+0xc8/0x15c [ 4380.814462] bus_remove_driver+0x5c/0xb0 [ 4380.818375] driver_unregister+0x34/0x64 [ 4380.822288] platform_driver_unregister+0x18/0x24 [ 4380.826979] mtk_vcodec_dec_driver_exit+0x1c/0x888 [mtk_vcodec_dec] [ 4380.833240] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x190/0x224 [ 4380.838020] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 [ 4380.841760] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x60/0x11c [ 4380.846540] do_el0_svc+0x28/0x90 [ 4380.849844] el0_svc+0x4c/0x100 [ 4380.852975] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xec/0xf0 [ 4380.857148] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 4380.860801] Code: 94431515 17ffffca d503201f d503245f (b9400004)

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

Weakness type

CWE-667

CVE-2022-49496 is a Improper Locking vulnerability

What is Improper Locking?

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock, which can lead to unexpected behaviour. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.18.3, 5.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.10

Fixed in

✓ 5.18.3 5.18.x ✓ 5.19

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49496 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/1fa37b00dc55a061a3eb82e378849862b4aeca9d
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c10c0086db688c95bb4e0e378e523818dff1551d
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49496

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-2022-49496?

CVE-2022-49496 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Improper Locking flaw (CWE-667) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.10 onward and has been patched in 5.18.3 and 5.19. CVE-2022-49496 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49496?

CVE-2022-49496 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-2022-49496?

Yes — CVE-2022-49496 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.18.3 and 5.19. If you are running Linux kernel 4.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49496 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49496 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Improper Locking (CWE-667)?

The product does not properly acquire or release a lock, which can lead to unexpected behaviour. View CWE-667 on MITRE CWE →