What is CVE-2022-49673?

CVE-2022-49673 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.15 onward and patched in 4.9.322, 4.14.287, 4.19.251 and others. CVE-2022-49673 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49673?

CVE-2022-49673 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-2022-49673?

Yes, CVE-2022-49673 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.322, 4.14.287, 4.19.251 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49673 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49673 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49673

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm raid: fix KASAN warning in raid5_add_disks There's a KASAN warning in raid5_add_disk when running the LVM testsuite. The warning happens in the test lvconvert-raid-reshape-linear_to_raid6-single-type.sh. We fix the warning by verifying that rdev->saved_raid_disk is within limits.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-02-26

Last modified 2025-10-24

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 2.6.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.9.322, 4.14.287, 4.19.251, 5.4.204, 5.10.129, 5.15.53, 5.18.10, 5.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.15

Fixed in

✓ 4.9.322 4.9.x ✓ 4.14.287 4.14.x ✓ 4.19.251 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.204 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.129 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.53 5.15.x ✓ 5.18.10 5.18.x ✓ 5.19

References

8 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02cffb1921edadd9b6e4eee7ada4a5213e8ba12e

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d4e7c9898c20fb3d3f55381cab601761aab7d64

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fb2928728038280bd925ce2aafb4997e9d47ee9

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3553a69bb52be2deba61d0ca064c41aee842bb35

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/617b365872a247480e9dcd50a32c8d1806b21861

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49673

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-02-26

Modified 2025-10-24

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49673?

CVE-2022-49673 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.15 onward and has been patched in 4.9.322, 4.14.287, 4.19.251 and others. CVE-2022-49673 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49673?

CVE-2022-49673 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-2022-49673?

Yes. CVE-2022-49673 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.322, 4.14.287, 4.19.251 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49673 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-49673 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.