5.5

CVE-2022-49750: cpufreq: CPPC: Add u64 casts to avoid overflowing

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49750DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49750
Published 27-03-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49750 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.7% 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 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.17%
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 1
RHSA-2023:6583

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: CPPC: Add u64 casts to avoid overflowing The fields of the _CPC object are unsigned 32-bits values. To avoid overflows while using _CPC's values, add 'u64' casts.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.16% 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≥ 740fcdc2c20ecf855b36b919d7fa1b872b5a7eae, < 7d596bbc66a52ff2c7a83d7e0ee840cb07e2a045 | ≥ 740fcdc2c20ecf855b36b919d7fa1b872b5a7eae, < f5f94b9c8b805d87ff185caf9779c3a4d07819e3 | 5.19
  • linux_kernel< 6.1.9 | 6.2:rc1 | 6.2:rc2 | 6.2:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.11-1

3 vendors · 80 products

References

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