What is CVE-2022-49716?

CVE-2022-49716 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.4 onward and patched in 5.4.200, 5.10.124, 5.15.49 and others. CVE-2022-49716 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49716?

CVE-2022-49716 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-2022-49716?

Yes, CVE-2022-49716 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.200, 5.10.124, 5.15.49 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49716 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49716 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49716

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: irqchip/gic-v3: Fix error handling in gic_populate_ppi_partitions of_get_child_by_name() returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, we should use of_node_put() on it when not need anymore. When kcalloc fails, it missing of_node_put() and results in refcount leak. Fix this by goto out_put_node label.

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 5.4 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.200, 5.10.124, 5.15.49, 5.18.6, 5.19 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.4

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.200 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.124 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.49 5.15.x ✓ 5.18.6 5.18.x ✓ 5.19

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49716 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/0b325d993995a321f6ab4e6c51f0504ec092bf5b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58e67c81e229351027d28c610638378606e33a08
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c9dd9d23f26dabcfb14148b9acdfba540418b19
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49716

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-2022-49716?

CVE-2022-49716 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.4 onward and has been patched in 5.4.200, 5.10.124, 5.15.49 and others. CVE-2022-49716 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49716?

CVE-2022-49716 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-2022-49716?

Yes — CVE-2022-49716 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.200, 5.10.124, 5.15.49 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.4 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49716 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49716 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.