7.8

CVE-2022-49545: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream

Modified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:02098-1SUSE-SU-2025:02146-1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49545
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49545 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20.6% 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
0.28%
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 27 · Related 25
RHSA-2022:8267RHSA-2023:2951SUSE-SU-2025:02075-1SUSE-SU-2025:02087-1SUSE-SU-2025:02090-1SUSE-SU-2025:02095-1

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: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream At closing a USB MIDI output substream, there might be still a pending work, which would eventually access the rawmidi runtime object that is being released. For fixing the race, make sure to cancel the pending work at closing.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.28% 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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

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

Ubuntu112 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-47.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1019.23
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 40bdb5ec957aca5c5c1924602bef6b0ab18e22d3 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 11868ca21585561659c2575b0d6508ef8e9c4291 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 5e5fe2b6065541c6216a7a003b0cddf386be0d2d | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 517dcef4d2dda0132648f1e4c079ed17bba4d1a4 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 0125de38122f0f66bf61336158d12a1aabfe6425 | 2.6.12
  • linux_kernel< 5.10.121 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.46 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.17.14 | ≥ 5.18, < 5.18.3
Suse2 products
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_54&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3< 3-150300.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_55&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP3< 3-150300.2.1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.18.5-1

4 vendors · 117 products

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