7.8

CVE-2022-49541: cifs: fix potential double free during failed mount

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2025:3961UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49541DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49541
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49541 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Double Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.30%
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 11 · Related 6
RHSA-2022:5819RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2023:2458RHSA-2025:3838RHSA-2025:3839SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix potential double free during failed mount RHBZ: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2088799

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

23%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.30% 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.

Ubuntu94 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-47.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1019.23
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Redhat12 products
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_112_1< 0:1-5.el9_0
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_112_1-debuginfo< 0:1-5.el9_0
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_112_1-debugsource< 0:1-5.el9_0
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_121_1< 0:1-4.el9_0
  • kpatch-patch-5_14_0-70_121_1-debuginfo< 0:1-4.el9_0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d17abdf7566566fc402c31899b353044a7ff3cf4, < ce0008a0e410cdd95f0d8cd81b2902ec10a660c4 | ≥ d17abdf7566566fc402c31899b353044a7ff3cf4, < 9a167fc440e5693c1cdd7f07071e05658bd9d89d | ≥ d17abdf7566566fc402c31899b353044a7ff3cf4, < ee71f8f1cd3c8c4a251fd3e8abc89215ae3457cb | ≥ d17abdf7566566fc402c31899b353044a7ff3cf4, < 8378a51e3f8140f60901fb27208cc7a6e47047b5 | 5.11
  • linux_kernel< 5.15.46 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.17.14 | ≥ 5.18, < 5.18.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.18.5-1

4 vendors · 109 products

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