What is CVE-2022-49917?

CVE-2022-49917 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.24 onward and patched in 4.19.265, 5.4.224, 5.10.154 and others. CVE-2022-49917 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49917?

CVE-2022-49917 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-49917?

Yes, CVE-2022-49917 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.265, 5.4.224, 5.10.154 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-2022-49917 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-49917 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-49917

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: fix WARNING in ip_vs_app_net_cleanup() During the initialization of ip_vs_app_net_init(), if file ip_vs_app fails to be created, the initialization is successful by default. Therefore, the ip_vs_app file doesn't be found during the remove in ip_vs_app_net_cleanup(). It will cause WRNING. The following is the stack information: name 'ip_vs_app' WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 9 at fs/proc/generic.c:712 remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x460 Modules linked in: Workqueue: netns cleanup_net RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x460 Call Trace: <TASK> ops_exit_list+0x125/0x170 cleanup_net+0x4ea/0xb00 process_one_work+0x9bf/0x1710 worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK>

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-05-01

Last modified 2025-11-12

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.24 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.265, 5.4.224, 5.10.154, 5.15.78, 6.0.8, 6.1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.24

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.265 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.224 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.154 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.78 5.15.x ✓ 6.0.8 6.0.x ✓ 6.1

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-49917 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/06d7596d18725f1a93cf817662d36050e5afb989
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c8d81bdb2684d53d6cedad7410ba4cf9090e343
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5663ed63adb9619c98ab7479aa4606fa9b7a548c
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-49917

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-05-01

Modified 2025-11-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49917?

CVE-2022-49917 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.24 onward and has been patched in 4.19.265, 5.4.224, 5.10.154 and others. CVE-2022-49917 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-49917?

CVE-2022-49917 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-49917?

Yes — CVE-2022-49917 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.265, 5.4.224, 5.10.154 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-2022-49917 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-49917 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.