7.8

CVE-2022-49025: linux Use After Free

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:1114-1SUSE-SU-2025:1121-1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49025
Published 21-10-2024Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49025 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 11
SUSE-SU-2024:3983-1SUSE-SU-2024:3985-1SUSE-SU-2024:4081-1SUSE-SU-2024:4082-1SUSE-SU-2024:4103-1SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1

Timeline

  1. 21-10-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free when reverting termination table When having multiple dests with termination tables and second one or afterwards fails the driver reverts usage of term tables but doesn't reset the assignment in attr->dests[num_vport_dests].termtbl which case a use-after-free when releasing the rule. Fix by resetting the assignment of termtbl to null.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

15%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.25%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Ubuntu109 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-67.74
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1031.35
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427, < 0a2d73a77060c3cbdc6e801cd5d979d674cd404b | ≥ 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427, < 0d2f9d95d9fbe993f3c4bafb87d59897b0325aff | ≥ 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427, < 372eb550faa0757349040fd43f59483cbfdb2c0b | ≥ 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427, < e6d2d26a49c3a9cd46b232975e45236304810904 | ≥ 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427, < 52c795af04441d76f565c4634f893e5b553df2ae | 5.3
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.3, < 5.4.226 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.158 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.82 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.12 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3 | 6.1:rc4 | 6.1:rc5 | 6.1:rc6 | 6.1:rc7
Suse2 products
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_48&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3< 7-150300.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_49&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3< 6-150300.2.1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.12-1

4 vendors · 114 products

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