What is CVE-2022-49817?

CVE-2022-49817 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401), affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and patched in 5.15.80, 6.0.10 and 6.1. CVE-2022-49817 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49817?

CVE-2022-49817 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-2022-49817?

Yes, CVE-2022-49817 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.80, 6.0.10 and 6.1. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-49817 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49817 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2022-49817

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: mhi: Fix memory leak in mhi_net_dellink() MHI driver registers network device without setting the needs_free_netdev flag, and does NOT call free_netdev() when unregisters network device, which causes a memory leak. This patch calls free_netdev() to fix it since netdev_priv is used after unregister.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-05-01

Last modified 2025-11-07

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-401

CVE-2022-49817 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.80, 6.0.10, 6.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.14

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.80 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.10 6.0.x ✓ 6.1

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49817 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/25a270343b0f16e1f6e65f541a15975a35e238ff
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88da008e5e2f9753726ea5a51ef2eb144e9de927
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7c125bd79f50ec6094761090be81d02726ec6f4
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49817

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-05-01

Modified 2025-11-07

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49817?

CVE-2022-49817 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and has been patched in 5.15.80, 6.0.10 and 6.1. CVE-2022-49817 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49817?

CVE-2022-49817 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-2022-49817?

Yes — CVE-2022-49817 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.80, 6.0.10 and 6.1. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-49817 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49817 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. View CWE-401 on MITRE CWE →