What is CVE-2022-49497?

CVE-2022-49497 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.24 onward and patched in 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14 and others. CVE-2022-49497 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49497?

CVE-2022-49497 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-2022-49497?

Yes, CVE-2022-49497 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.24 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49497 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49497 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49497

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: remove two BUG() from skb_checksum_help() I have a syzbot report that managed to get a crash in skb_checksum_help() If syzbot can trigger these BUG(), it makes sense to replace them with more friendly WARN_ON_ONCE() since skb_checksum_help() can instead return an error code. Note that syzbot will still crash there, until real bug is fixed.

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 2.6.24 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.24

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.121 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.46 5.15.x ✓ 5.17.14 5.17.x ✓ 5.18.3 5.18.x ✓ 5.19

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49497 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/312c43e98ed190bd8fd7a71a0addf9539d5b8ab1
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6320ae1b5876c30bf98203b6a5abe8b5c45e6a04
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1320c9a4d30ff54b824a8ad6036e0b5fb4c5e73
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49497

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-2022-49497?

CVE-2022-49497 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.24 onward and has been patched in 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14 and others. CVE-2022-49497 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49497?

CVE-2022-49497 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-2022-49497?

Yes — CVE-2022-49497 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.24 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49497 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49497 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.