5.5

CVE-2022-49199: RDMA/nldev: Prevent underflow in nldev_stat_set_counter_dynamic_doit()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49199DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49199
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49199 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4
RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2022:8267SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/nldev: Prevent underflow in nldev_stat_set_counter_dynamic_doit() This code checks "index" for an upper bound but it does not check for negatives. Change the type to unsigned to prevent underflows.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu77 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 3c3c1f1416392382faa0238e76a70d7810aab2ef, < f6dd8669b8299a3a536cd92a7069152a7704da1d | ≥ 3c3c1f1416392382faa0238e76a70d7810aab2ef, < 2a495ef04d5f42e6f00eb2bec1ee9075e3d5a771 | ≥ 3c3c1f1416392382faa0238e76a70d7810aab2ef, < 87e0eacb176f9500c2063d140c0a1d7fa51ab8a5 | 5.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 5.16.19 | ≥ 5.17, < 5.17.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.3-1

3 vendors · 80 products

References

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